Symptoms of Heart Disease In Children

Symptoms of Heart Disease In Children - Heart disease not only affects adults but children can megalami complaint heart disease. The most frequent type is a congenital heart disease or since being in the womb. This occurs because the process of formation of the heart is not perfect since the baby is in the womb.


Not easy we know whether a child has a heart disease complaints. But by looking at the symptoms of heart disease in children who experienced early we can know the child has heart disease or not.

Here are some of the symptoms of heart disease in children that we need to be aware of:

1.     Not being able to suck properly due to heart failure. Baby looks tired, breath and sweat hunt while sucking milk so often cease to rest for a while and finally lazy sucking
2.    Rapid fatigue and shortness of breath during physical activity. Children are not able to walk away or run, lazy play and could not follow the sport in schools
3.     Blue lips and fingernails or toes in patients with congenital heart disease blue will look more obvious when crying or doing physical activity
 4.    Blue attacks of acute episodes that can be fatal in congenital heart disease severe blue (spel hypoxia). Child suddenly appearing in growing blue, restlessness, fast breathing and then became limp, decreased consciousness and sometimes accompanied by seizures. Several factors, such as strong and long crying, fever, dehydration, exhaustion or cold can trigger the attack.
 5.    Failure to thrive due to milk or food intake is inadequate. Weight gain becomes slow or even not rise at all, looks less gisi and low immunity
     Frequent respiratory tract infection

Types of Heart Disease In Children

There are several types of heart disease in children:

1. PDA (patent ductus arteriosus)

PDAs are abnormalities in the channel that connects the existing blood vessels in the heart (aorta and pulmonary artery). PDA occupies 5-19 percent of the portion of cases of heart disease in children there and is more common in girls.

2. ASD (Atrial Septal Defects)

ASD approximately 19% of all heart disease in children. Often do not show clinical symptoms, but when it is severe child will show symptoms of shortness of breath, fatigue and exercise intolerance fast (ability to move) decreases.

3. VSD (Ventricular Septal Defects)

Is a type of heart disease in children is most often found in children with a percentage of about 20% -25%. VSD can lead to increased blood flow to the lungs that can cause heart failure.

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