What is a Grade 1 heart murmur in babies?

The heart is the most important organ in the body. Once there is a problem with the heart, it will seriously threaten people's life safety. So what is the first degree heart murmur in infants? First of all, you should figure out what causes this situation, and secondly, you should prescribe the right medicine, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort. Next, let us learn about the treatment of first-grade heart murmur in infants.

You need to do a color ultrasound to confirm it first. Some children can hear heart murmurs, but they do not have heart disease. This kind of murmur is called "functional murmur" or "irrelevant murmur", and the cause of its occurrence is not clear. Some people believe that the blood flow in the child's pulmonary artery strengthens the normal vibration, causing the murmur. This murmur is prone to change, sometimes it is very mild, sometimes it is more obvious, and sometimes it even disappears. It is usually more obvious when the child has a fever, cries, does strenuous exercise or lies down, and weakens after the fever subsides, when the child is quiet or sits up. Therefore, a child’s heart murmur does not necessarily mean it is a heart disease, let alone a congenital heart disease. Murmurs are generally divided into physiological and pathological. Heart murmurs are also a common symptom in infancy. Some murmurs will gradually disappear with age and require further examination for diagnosis.

1Some children may be found to have heart murmurs during physical examinations. Many parents think their children have heart problems, so they take their children to seek medical treatment blindly. In fact, the murmur is caused by the enhanced vibration of blood flow in the pulmonary artery. The murmur produced by this vibration is high-pitched and soft, but generally does not exceed level II and is not conducted.

2 Heart murmurs are generally more obvious when children have a fever, cry, or exercise vigorously, and weaken when they are quiet. This type of heart murmur is not a heart disease. We call it a "functional murmur" or "harmless murmur", which will not affect the child's growth and development. Physiological murmurs in children usually first appear in infancy, increase in number in children aged 2 to 3 years old, and are most common in children aged 3 to 7 years old.

3 The growth and development of children with congenital heart disease is different from that of normal children. Some of them will have palpitations and shortness of breath when they move a little, and some will suffer from lack of oxygen and cyanosis. If a child is found to have a heart murmur, parents should not be overly nervous, otherwise it will cause some mental and psychological burden on the child. Parents should take the child to the hospital for examination.

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Heart murmurs are often caused by congenital heart defects or valvular regurgitation. When the baby grows older, they will recover on their own and there is no big problem. Another type of heart murmur is transient murmurs caused by infection, but they are relatively rare! If a baby's foramen ovale is not closed, a small one can heal on its own, but a large one will require surgery or interventional treatment after the age of 2.

The above is a comprehensive explanation and understanding of the first-grade heart murmur of infants. If you don’t have much knowledge in this area, then it is necessary to take a closer look. Only in this way can you face this disease calmly. Of course, the baby can also suffer less from the disease. This method has the best of both worlds.