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The congenital diseases in babies can be of various types and a large number of people suffer from the congenital diseases. The congenital diseases are those, which are present in the babies during their birth. Among various congenital diseases in babies, the congenital genetic disorders are quite common.
The babies born with congenital genetic disorders have errors in their genes and this genetic abnormality gives rise to various complications in the babies. Then due to a number of reasons, the variation or mutation of gene takes place and these genetic defects are passed down to the child from parents.
The genetic disorder in babies can cause the diseases like, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, tay-sachs disease, spina bifida, Down syndrome, Marfan syndrome, Huntington's disease, etc. The diseases of heart and kidney also occur due to genetic disorders.
Congenital heart disease in babies is one of the common diseases and the number of children taking birth with heart defects is increasing day by day. The congenital heart diseases occur due to underdevelopment of heart or blood vessels near the heart. Various reasons are involved in having cardiovascular defects in babies.
The pregnant woman infected by viral diseases or having a family with heart related diseases increases the chance of heart disease in babies. The babies suffering from heart related diseases have obstructed blood flow in the heart or vessels near it, which results in abnormal pattern of through the heart.
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Sometimes, incomplete formation of the right or left side of the heart causes severe heart related problems. The babies can be born with one ventricle with aorta and pulmonary artery arising from the same ventricle. Approximately 1% of newborn babies are born with congenital heart diseases.
Congenital Anemia is a common disease among the newborn babies and results from blood defects. Inadequate production of RBCs or excessive destruction of RBCs or low level of healthy red blood cells causes several kinds of complications in the babies. The malfunctioning or deformation of the cells of RBCs results in anemia due to which certain signs and symptoms like fatigue and stress on the bodily organs, rapid heartbeat, fatigue, dizziness, irritability, etc. develops.
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The inherited disorders from parents, nutritional problems like, iron or vitamin deficiency in the pregnant woman, or exposure to drug or toxin, can result in having a child with anemia.
Among the other blood related congenital diseases in babies, Haemophilia, Thalassaemia, Von Willebrand disease, deep vein thrombosis, etc. are there. To predict any potential health risks of your child various kinds of advanced prenatal tests are available today, which will help you to assess the health of you and your baby.
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