Ventricular+Septal+Defect-DarbyL

Vetricular Septal Defect

Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) **Description: (TNR, 12, Bold) ** As a baby develops its right and left ventricle is separated. When the two ventricles come together a wall is formed between the two ventricles. When a wall doesn’t completely form a hole remains there.

**Inheritance: ** It is usually caused by an extra or les chromosome.

**Symptoms: ** · Shortness of breath · Fast breathing · Hard breathing · Paleness · Failure to gain weight · Fast heart rate · Sweating while feeding · Frequent respiratory infection

**Daily Life: **

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**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Diagnosis: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Doctor listen through a stethoscope and it reveals the sound of crossing the hole. The louder the murmur, the bigger the hole. Chest x-rays are to see if there’s a large heart with fluids in the lungs. EGC shows an enlarged left ventricle. Echocardiogram is used to make a definite diagnosis. Cardiac Cathetezation is rarely needed. MRI of the heart is used to find how much blood is getting into the lungs.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Treatment: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">If the hole in the middle of the heart is small there is no treatment for it because it will eventually close. If it is a large hole some patients will have to take medication that includes digitalis, di digoxin and diuretics. Some have to get surgery to close the hole by Gore-tex patch.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Research: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">From my own experience, when I go to the dentist I have to take a certain type of pill to protect my heart from the products they use to clean my teeth.

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