What are the symptoms of infant heart failure?

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General definition of heart failure (HF) is a pathophysiological concept, that is, heart failure is cardiac dysfunction, cardiac output can not meet the needs of the body. Clinically, heart failure is a serious stage of various heart diseases. It is a syndrome, which consists of four parts: cardiac dysfunction, decreased exercise endurance, pulmonary and systemic congestion, and arrhythmia in the later stage. The other three parts are the clinical manifestations of compensatory mechanism of cardiac insufficiency. What are the symptoms of infant heart failure? Let's talk about it

What are the symptoms of infant heart failure?

Tachycardia: infant heart rate > 160 beats / min, school-age children > 100 beats / min, is the early phenomenon of compensation. In the case of decreased stroke volume, tachycardia within a certain range can improve cardiac output and tissue hypoxia.

Hyperhidrosis: especially in the head, caused by compensatory enhancement of sympathetic excitability.

Enlargement and hypertrophy of the heart: X-ray can assist in the diagnosis, but it should be noted that the hypertrophic thymus in neonates and infants can be mistaken for enlargement of the heart shadow.

matters needing attention

Infant heart failure is a very serious disease, and such a disease must be controlled in time, and the child's life will be reversed. If it is not controlled in time and treated in time, then the child's disease will continue, or even worsen, which has a great impact on the child's body and psychology, If there are economic conditions, we must give the child surgery in time to achieve better results.