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Congenital heart defects

Vitium cordis congenitum · Vrozené srdeční vady

What it is

Roughly 1 in 100 babies is born with a structural heart difference.

Symptoms & signs

  • Blue spells
  • poor feeding
  • failure to thrive
  • murmur
  • breathlessness
  • clubbing

🚩 Get help if…

  • call 112 / 911 now Blue lips or tongue in a baby
  • call 112 / 911 now Fast, hard breathing, grunting or floppiness in a baby
  • see a doctor soon Sweating or tiring while feeding, poor weight gain
  • see a doctor soon Fainting, chest pain or palpitations in a teenager or adult

Where it strikes

Medical treatment

  • Surgical or catheter repair
  • prostaglandin to keep the duct open
  • diuretics
  • lifelong specialist follow-up

Natural & lifestyle

  • Folate before conception cuts risk
  • infection prevention
  • dental care
  • activity as advised

Emerging & experimental

  • Fetal cardiac intervention
  • 3D-printed surgical planning
  • tissue-engineered conduits

Alternative, off-label & anecdotal

Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.

  • Folic acid before conception — lowers the risk of several heart defects trials support
  • Breast milk and nutrition support for failing to thrive — standard sense; no special remedies proven anecdotal / traditional

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