Causes of heart problems in infants
Common Questions and Answers about Causes of heart problems in infants
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Dear MSHanson,
The most common cause of high blood pressure in infants is kidney disease. Since your daughter has congenital heart disease, it would be important to ensure that she doesn’t also have an associated coarctation, or obstruction, of the aorta, the main artery that takes blood from the left side of the heart out to the head, neck, and rest of the body. This should have been evaluated by an echocardiogram when the rest of the heart was seen.
This is the third question you have asked about the same problem. 1. besides thyroid eye disease (TED) and space occupying tumors the next most common problem would be orbital inflammatory 'pseudo-tumor' 2. No the eye muscles don't get inflammed without a cause. 3. No the eye only gets larger in infants and children. In adults the sclera is rigid and won't enlarge like the soft, rubber like sclera of youth.
Are you sure you understood them correctly? Is it possible your daughter has premature atrial contractions and not atrial fibrillation? I am not a doctor but I have not heard of afib described that way and atrial contractions are not a danger where afib could be due to possible blood clots. Does your daughter have an unusually high heart rate keeping in mind children's heart rates tend to be more elevated than adults.
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As swelling causes the airways become narrower, small amount of air can pass through, from the lungs. Indications of narrowing have out of breath, chest tightness, coughing and problems in breathing. An asthma patient usually faces these symptoms frequently during night, and in early morning.For more details visit
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Linked to lack of oxygen, cyanosis may be attributed to underlying lung or breathing problems. Often seen in infants with birth defects or lung problems, cyanosis also affects the elderly.The first physical symptom of cyanosis is a bluish cast on the fingernails, lips, capillaries, veins and tongue. Cyanosis, in many cases, is linked to a serious underlying disease.
Thanks, but the weird thing in this situation is he had no neck problems before and he is now 16 months old and it has come on all of a sudden. I appreciate your response but wonder if anyone has experienced this as a late onset like this. Thanks.
According to the American Heart Association, an ECG stress test’s reliability is only 67% which means that a stress test may in fact have a false negative or a false positive. There are a number of heart attack related instances that a treadmill stress test will not be able to identify. It will not, for instance, identify vulnerable plaques which is known to lead to heart attacks."
Your dotor has a responsibility to find and treat the underlying cause of your chest pain, etc.
Esophageal clearance is similar in infants and adults, although evidence of reduced peristaltic [the motion of the esophagus and intestine that moves the food through them] activity in preterm infants has been reported.
[The article mentions that an Anatomic factor that contributes to GER is:]
The angle of His (made by the esophagus and the axis of the stomach) is obtuse in newborns but decreases as infants develop. This ensures a more effective barrier against GER.
With a 60% EF there should not be any shortness of breath due to a heart issue. But if there is a heart problem causing shortness of breath it can be due to the heart is not receiving sufficient blood from the lungs as the right side has a problem pumping blood to the lungs, Under that condition the 60% is irrelevant because the cardiac output is low. There can be a medical problem that causes low oxygen levels in the blood such anemia, etc.
It usually manifest itself as a cold in adults and older children, but can cause serious problems in infants. RSV can cause lower respitory infections, breathing problems, pneumonia or even death.
According to statistics, over 125,000 infants are hospitalized annually with Respiratory Syncytial Virus, resulting in more than 500 deaths.
RSV can be contracted by placing your hand in your mouth after you have come in contact with an infected person or surface.
doctor said that c has got problem of less oxygen saturation in heart.and also due to intake of a large no. of medicines she has problems in her brain.....i cnt explain myself...but she said she has not control on her body sometime...and she dnt remember what she is doing.
i only want to know that...is there any threat to her life??? and is there any cure possible???
please help me...i dont know anything about heart diseases...
It can be a primary problem due to a cardiomyopathy (these usually do not resolve on their own) or secondary due to other causes (infants of diabetic mothers can have transient LVH that improves in the first 6 months of life). High blood pressure can also cause LVH. If the metabolic workup is negative so far, and there is no family history of heart muscle problems, then serial follow up is required, as your pediatric cardiologist has suggested.
Your age means nothing as far as heart problems go. The reality of it is more children die from serious forms of heart disease than children who suffer from ALL forms of childhood cancers COMBINED. Having said that, if you had SERIOUS heart disease, you would have known about that years ago, so don't get upset by those statistics, I simply put that on her to educate you a little bit.
Chest pain is caused by a lack of blood flow to the heart muscle walls.
all three of my childtren used to do that they just get so upset they forget to breath blow in her face and she will catch her breath its actually very common it was never anything other than thqt with my kids they had a million test done they were fine like i said when she loses her breath blow in her face it sounds mean but it works trust me
I need to know from solid Clinical research studies the affects of Cannabis on fetal lung and heart development, as well the affects of an infant who is being nursed by her mother, who swears the baby receives no traces of THC from her nursing mother. Can infants who struggle with heart and lung problems and have difficulty with breathing and they experiencesrapid heart rate symptoms be caused by THC through their mothers milk?
My resting heart rate is about 120. I've been seeing a personal trainer to try to make it stronger but according to her observations my heart has been able to take less and less over the last few months. I get random chest pain, and sometimes it's so bad I have a hard time moving my left arm. It causes strain in my neck and joints, particularly on my left side. I've had my cholesterol checked and it's fine. Same with my thyroid.
I have had symptoms of a resting heart rate of 99-140, chest and back pain - sharp and squeezing pressure, pressure in my chest, back and left arm, migraines, dizziness, fainting, large dips in blood pressure, nausea, sweating, and shortness of breath. I am on disopyramide 300 mg per day and still symptomatic. I had 3 echos done and 3 xrays to confirm.
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