What should I do if my baby's heart is a little big?

Newborn babies are the darlings of every family. Once any abnormality occurs in the body, mom and dad will be heartbroken. This is of course a good thing, because it allows them to discover the baby's abnormality at the first opportunity and take correct measures and methods to deal with it in time. So what if the baby's heart is a little enlarged? Let’s take a look at it together.

How to measure the health level of residents in a region mainly depends on three most important health indicators, namely life expectancy, maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate. Internationally, the causes of child deaths are usually counted and analyzed separately based on the mortality rates of infants (0 to under 1 year old) and children under 5 years old. The order of causes of death varies among children of each age group. Recent survey results show that the top three causes of death among children under five years old are still congenital heart disease, birth asphyxia and premature and low birth weight.

The incidence of congenital heart disease in my country is as high as 0.8%. This is mainly because the normal heart stagnates or fails to develop due to various reasons during its development, resulting in various heart diseases. Because congenital heart disease is a multi-gene genetic disease, experts generally believe that congenital heart disease can be caused by environmental factors, genetic factors, or a combination of both. In particular, the role of genetic factors is more important. About 90% of congenital heart disease is caused by the interaction between genetics and the environment.

Many people still believe that patients with congenital heart disease will be the same as normal people after undergoing surgical treatment and can have children. In fact, this statement is very one-sided and does not take into account the hereditary nature of the disease. Experts suggest that if you want to fully understand the impact of congenital heart disease on marriage and childbearing, you can go to a designated marriage examination unit, or go to a professional medical institution's cardiology department for examination, such as a color B-ultrasound of the heart. According to the type of heart disease you have, consult a doctor and listen to the expert's advice.

Currently, death due to congenital heart disease has become the leading cause of neonatal death in my country. Doctors can detect children with the disease early through interviews, physical examinations, auscultation and some necessary laboratory tests. The best time for surgery is before school age. Now children can undergo cardiac intervention or cardiac surgery. Early screening of children with congenital heart disease and early treatment are very important for reducing infant mortality.

What should I do if my baby’s heart is a little enlarged? The above provides a detailed answer to this question. If your baby also has this situation, you can solve the problem according to the correct method above. If the above method does not work for your baby, it is best to go to a regular hospital for a comprehensive examination, which is more scientific.