I'd like to know the causes, the symptoms and how long you can live without surgery with this disease.
2007-03-13 03:23:43 · 8 answers · asked by fanciful me 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Congenital - means you are born with a heart problem - it is too general to answer your questions as it covers such a large range of issues.
2007-03-13 03:31:57 · answer #1 · answered by Caroline H 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-18 22:46:35 · answer #2 · answered by Charles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congenital heart disease comes in various forms. It would be too long to discuss each and every type. You better be specific. Is it PDA? VSD? ASD? TOF? Symptoms also vary with each type. How long you can live without surgery depends on the severity of the disease. Some may reach adulthood, some may not. =(
2007-03-13 03:44:41 · answer #3 · answered by praeclarus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congenital heart disease affects children, infants, and even fetuses, which are still developing inside the uterus.
Congenital heart disease has many forms. Grouped into different types, it is usually diagnosed and treated accordingly. The disease normally includes one of the following: abnormal holes in the heart chambers, improper connections between chambers which leads deoxygenated blood flow to the body instead of the lungs and oxygenated blood to flow to the lungs instead of the body, and much more.
Symptoms are quite similar to the usual heart disease symptoms, such as shortness of breath, complete passing out, fast breathing and difficulty in feeding, poor weight gain, chest pain, and cyanosis.
You can find much more detailed information at
http://heart.health.ivillage.com/congenitalheartdisease/congenitalheart.cfm
--Niks
2007-03-13 03:40:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
conginital heart disease r a group of diseases which r due to some abnormality during organogensis in pregnancy may be viral infection or lack of some nutrients or drug interactions may result in conginital ( since birth defects )
They r of two type
1cynotic
2Non cynotic .
In cynotic there is mixture on unoxygenated blood with oxygentic blood & the rt & left side have some connxion . This result in shortness of breath ,stunted growth ,weakness etc & immediate surgery as advised by a cardiovascular surgeon is essential to save complications & survival.
In acynotic like atrial septald efect may go unnoticed for years even upt 4 or 5 th decade.
Ventricular Septal defect VSD if small may not give rise to any symptoms but id large needed closure. & after surgery usually no complications remain.
This may give rise to symptoms like recurrent resp. infections ,shortness of breath ,retarded growth .
After surgery longativity of life is good with regular checkups & needed drugs..
2007-03-13 04:57:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congenital heart disease only means you were born with a heart disease or defect.
You must see a cardiologist to get the specifics , the cardiac problem may be so small it will never be a problem or it could be a major problem.
2007-03-13 07:51:28 · answer #6 · answered by xxx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
congenial means "at birth" and how long you can live with it all depends on what type of heart defect you are born with and the severity of it.
2007-03-13 03:28:28 · answer #7 · answered by kissybertha 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Please see the web pages for more details on Congenital Heart disease.
2007-03-13 03:38:49 · answer #8 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋