What to do if the baby has a nick in the heart

As we grow up, we will always encounter various diseases. Some of these diseases are very serious, while others are not so serious. Regardless of whether they are serious or not, we should always keep them in mind and find the most effective way to solve the problem. So what should we do if our baby has a gap in the heart? First of all, you should do a comprehensive examination of the baby's body, and then consider other issues. Let's take a look.

If there is a gap, there are two solutions. One is to see if it can heal itself. The premise of this solution is that the gap is not too big. I don’t know how big your baby’s gap is. Our baby has a ventricular septal defect of 2mm. The doctor said this is relatively small, but the chance of self-healing of ventricular septal defect is smaller than that of atrial septal defect. Another option is to have surgery to fill the gap. Our baby is too young now, less than 7 months old, and I don’t want to have surgery too early. I'll take her to the hospital for a follow-up to see how it's growing. If there's no sign of enlargement, I'd like to wait until she's two or three years old before seeing how it goes.

First of all, we need to clarify the location of the defect, whether it is the atrial septum, ventricular septum, or ductus arteriosus, etc. Generally speaking, congenital heart disease is just a three millimeter gap, which is not big and may close on its own. It is recommended that no treatment is needed at present, just pay attention to regular check-ups. It is possible to close and heal.

What parents need to do now is to provide good care for their children and try to reduce the chances of their children catching a cold, because when children have this condition, it is easy for the cold to develop into pneumonia.

If it can heal on its own, that would be great. However, if the foramen ovale cannot close on its own, then the sooner the surgery is performed, the better, so that the child's growth and development will not be affected in the long term.

To reduce the chances of children getting sick, in addition to injecting amino acids to improve resistance, it is important to do a good job of daily health care and conditioning. As the saying goes, "three parts medicine and seven parts conditioning", which means prevention is better than cure, and it is important to strengthen the care of children. When the weather changes, please add or remove clothes and blankets in time, wipe off sweat in time, and when your child is older, educate him or her not to exercise too vigorously. If your child sweats a lot, especially on the head and neck, you can use the Chinese patent medicine Yupingfeng Granules to reduce sweating and thus reduce the chance of catching a cold. You can also take your child to the massage department of a traditional Chinese medicine hospital and ask the doctor to do pediatric spinal massage, which can enhance immunity. By the way, you can learn to do it for your child yourself. Just do it for five minutes every morning and evening, and persist for a period of time, you will find that your child is less sick.

There is a relatively simple method, which is the spine pushing method derived from children's spine pinching: use the index finger, middle finger and ring finger to do it, that is, start from the coccyx, place the middle finger on the spine, and the other two fingers are also close to the skin beside the spine. Rub the three fingers upward along the spine. Repeat many times, lasting for five minutes, once in the morning and once in the evening. This also works well.

Although a hole in the baby's heart is a relatively serious disease, parents must not lose confidence and believe that their baby can be cured. Secondly, in terms of the baby's diet, it is best to add some complementary foods, which can also promote the baby's body resistance and immunity to a certain extent.