What are the symptoms of congenital heart disease in newborns?

Congenital heart disease is the most common disease in children. This disease is not easy to detect at the beginning. If it is serious, it will cause breathing difficulties or even fainting. Some will cause minor deformities. A small number of children with congenital heart disease still have the opportunity to heal themselves before the age of 5, so it must be taken seriously. The following are some symptoms and content about congenital heart disease that the editor has found.

There are many causes of congenital heart disease, genetic factors account for only about 8%, while the vast majority, accounting for 92%, are caused by environmental factors. For example, women taking drugs during pregnancy, being infected with viruses, environmental pollution, radiation, etc. can cause abnormal development of the fetal heart. Especially if you are infected with rubella virus in the first three months of pregnancy, the risk of the child developing congenital heart disease will increase dramatically.

There are many types of congenital heart disease, and their clinical manifestations mainly depend on the size and complexity of the malformation. 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 to avoid losing the opportunity for surgery. The main 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. Like squatting, fainting, and coughing up blood.

7. Auscultation revealed a heart murmur.

In general, congenital heart disease in newborns cannot be ignored. It is best to pay attention to not catching colds. After all, children have relatively poor resistance. Prevent children from crying too much and causing cardiac hypoxia. Try to choose surgical treatment before school age to avoid delaying the best treatment time and worsening the condition.