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Congenital heart disease in babies is one of the most common diseases. The congenital diseases exist in the newborn baby. Various types of congenital diseases causes heart problems in babies, which are common and occur when the heart or blood vessels near the heart cannot develop normally before birth.
Due to congenital heart diseases, the newborn babies have to undergo various heart related complications. When a pregnant woman is infected by a viral disease like German measles, the chance of her baby getting affected by heart disease becomes high. As the infection interferes with the development of her baby's heart, it might lead to various problems in the body.
However, in most of the cases the causes of congenital heart disease in babies are not known. Sometimes the cause of congenital cardiovascular defects is heredity though it is rare. Down's syndrome can lead to malfunctioning of heart in a baby. The pregnant woman, who is addicted to alcohol or takes certain drugs, is at a greater risk of having a baby with a heart defect.
The congenital heart disease in babies creates several complications. The babies suffering with this defect may have obstructed blood flow in the heart or vessels near it. Due to this, blood flows through the heart in an abnormal pattern. In other type of defect, one ventricle is present and aorta and pulmonary artery arise from the same ventricle.
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Besides, a rare kind of defect affects the baby that includes incomplete formation of the right or left side of the heart. This deficiency is which is known as hypoplastic heart. The congenital heart disease develops due to improper development of the heart and blood vessels during foetal development.
Congenital heart disease is one of the major birth defects in newborns and affects newborn babies. The diagnosis of congenital heart disease is made in 40-50% of cases by one week of age. For all the other cases, about 50-60% of diagnosis is done during the first month of life after birth.
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The treatment of congenital heart disease in babies depends upon the exact type of the disease and its degree of severity. The age, weight and general health of the baby are important. Various types of tests are available to see what kind of heart disease your baby is suffering from. The common tests include Electrocardiogram or ECG, Pulse Oximetry, Echocardiogram, Chest x-ray, Cardiac catheterization, etc. The babies with heart disease need proper treatment by specialists to make their heart function properly and to prevent other problems.
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