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There are many causes of this abnormality, including hereditary problems, rubella, medication, alcoholism (parents).
Congenital heart defects are among the most common birth defects in children worldwide. This defect usually affects how blood flows through the heart and circulates throughout the body. Congenital heart disease can range from a relatively mild, minor problem to a serious condition -- it's damage to any of the heart's structures, including the arteries, valves, chambers, and septums that a baby is born with.
Some of the severe categories of congenital heart defects include absence of ventricle, septal defect, interrupted aortic arch, Ebstein anomaly, transposition of arteries, atrioventricular defect and many others.
What signs indicate a congenital heart defect?
According to the doctor, such signs are often noticed and recorded already in adulthood. Here's what they include.
- Irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia).
- Bluishness of the skin, lips, nails.
- Dyspnea.
- Chronic fatigue.
- Propensity to edema.
Congenital heart disease is known to be inherited and therefore may be a genetic disease. In addition to genetic predisposition, the factor of its occurrence can also be rubella, suffered by a woman during pregnancy, or gestational diabetes.
Smoking, drinking alcohol and certain medications during pregnancy are also associated with an increased risk of heart defects in the offspring, the doctor emphasized.
