What symptom does child heart disease have?

summary

Congenital heart disease in infants and young children is the most common heart disease in childhood, which is caused by abnormal cardiovascular development in the fetal period. Congenital heart disease (referred to as "congenital heart") is a common disease in children. According to the statistics of relevant data, there are 7-8 cases of congenital heart disease in every 1000 newborns. What symptom does child heart disease have? Let's talk about it.

What symptom does child heart disease have?

1. Shortness of breath: during the period of newborn or infant, it is found that the child can't wait for food because of hunger, but it is found that the sucking is weak, the breathing is shallow, the sucking is not finished, that is, because of shortness of breath, he abandons the milk and gasps. He stops taking a few mouthfuls, feeling very tired and sweating.

2. Repeated respiratory tract infection or pneumonia: This is the most common symptom and heart murmur found in the clinic. Due to pulmonary congestion and mild respiratory tract infection, it is easy to lead to bronchopneumonia, leading to choking cough and shortness of breath. Some babies have hoarse voice when crying, and even heart failure and other symptoms.

3. Growth retardation: due to insufficient systemic circulation flow and blood oxygen supply, growth retardation is more obvious than that of children of the same age.

matters needing attention

During the fetal period, any factors that affect the embryonic development of the heart may cause cardiac malformations, such as rubella, influenza, mumps, coxsackievirus infection, diabetes, hypercalcemia, etc., and exposure to radiation; Pregnant women take anticancer drugs or metformin and other drugs.