Symptoms of congenital heart disease in newborns

I don’t know if you have heard of congenital heart disease in newborns. Congenital heart disease in newborns refers to a pediatric disease caused by genetics or any factors that affect the development of the heart embryo during the fetal period, which may cause heart malformations, such as the pregnant mother suffering from rubella. Congenital heart disease in newborns is a serious disease. So do you know the symptoms of congenital heart disease in newborns? Can you explain it to everyone?

1. Non-cyanotic congenital heart disease includes patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, etc. Children with these diseases usually do not show cyanosis, so it is called "non-cyanotic congenital heart disease"; but children may show cyanosis when they cry violently or suffer from pneumonia, heart failure and late-stage heart disease, so it is also called "latent cyanotic congenital heart disease."

The symptoms of children with patent ductus arteriosus are related to the size and thickness of the patent ductus between the pulmonary artery and the aorta and the amount of blood shunt. If the catheter diameter is not large, it may not cause any symptoms, and only a heart murmur may be found during an occasional physical examination. If the diameter of the catheter is large, the child is prone to repeated colds or lung infections, is easily fatigued, sweats a lot, develops slowly, and is pale and thin. At the same time, the heart may be enlarged, the left chest may bulge, and a murmur may be heard and a tremor may be felt between the 1st and 2nd ribs on the left side of the left sternum.

2. Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. The prominent symptom of the child is the early appearance of cyanosis of the whole body, especially the lips, fingers, toes, earlobes, and oral mucosa. If cyanosis persists for more than 6 months, the fingertips and toes may become thicker and wider (called clubbing), and breathing may become rapid and difficult. In severe cases, there may be an attack of hypoxia, which is manifested by sudden acceleration and deepening of breathing and worsening of cyanosis. If it lasts for a long time, the patient may become unconscious, have convulsions, or even die. Older children become short of breath when walking or moving, and often squat for a while before standing up and walking again. However, examination shows no bulge in the chest and no enlargement of the heart. There may be symptoms such as headache, irritability, anorexia, etc. There may also be vascular embolism phenomena such as hemoptysis and cerebral stroke. If these manifestations occur, it usually indicates that the disease is in the late stage.

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