What is congenital heart disease screening in infants?

Children need to undergo a physical examination when they are born, and congenital heart disease screening is one of them. Congenital heart disease makes children's immunity low, and once it becomes serious, it may cause many complications such as pneumonia. Therefore, mothers must pay attention to their own health when they are pregnant. What the mother does during pregnancy will greatly affect the physical and mental health of the child. So, what tests are needed for congenital heart disease screening? What are the symptoms?

1. Physical Examination

If the physical examination reveals typical organic heart murmurs, dull heart sounds, enlarged heart, arrhythmias, and enlarged liver, further examination should be conducted to rule out congenital heart disease.

2. Special Inspection

X-ray examination, ultrasound examination, electrocardiogram, cardiac catheterization, cardiovascular angiography, pigment dilution curve measurement, non-invasive multi-shot spiral CT

Based on the above medical history, physical examination and positive signs obtained from special examinations, a comprehensive analysis and judgment are made to clarify the diagnosis of congenital heart disease.

There are many types of congenital heart disease. Complex and severe malformations can cause serious symptoms shortly after birth and even be life-threatening. It should be noted that some simple malformations such as ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus may not have obvious symptoms in the early stages, but the disease may still potentially develop and worsen, and requires timely diagnosis and treatment. The main clinical symptoms are:

1. Frequent colds, repeated respiratory tract infections, and susceptibility to pneumonia.

2. Poor growth and development, weight loss, and excessive sweating.

3. The baby has weak sucking ability and difficulty in feeding, or refuses to eat, chokes and coughs, and usually has rapid breathing.

4. Children complain of fatigue and poor physical strength.

5. Lips and nails are blue or blue after crying or activities, and the fingers and toes are clubbed (the nail bed is raised like a hammer).

6. Likes squatting, fainting, and coughing up blood.

7. Auscultation revealed a heart murmur.

It is unfortunate for a child to have to endure illness from birth. It is recommended to get married and have children at an appropriate age, change bad habits during pregnancy, such as smoking and drinking, and adjust one's mental state. Keep yourself in a positive and happy mood every day, try to play with your phone less, watch the computer less, and avoid radiation. This may reduce the chances of your child having congenital diseases.