{"id":535,"date":"2015-10-02T14:05:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T08:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/?p=535"},"modified":"2015-10-02T14:05:40","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T08:35:40","slug":"congenital-heart-disease-uncovering-the-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/congenital-heart-disease-uncovering-the-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Congenital Heart Disease \u2013 Uncovering the Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most evident misconceptions about <strong>heart problems<\/strong> is that, it can affect only adults but the fact remains that every year approximately 130,000 children in India are born with <strong>congenital heart disease<\/strong>. A person who is completely unaware of this medical term may not be able to comprehend its impact on his\/her child&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>In simple terms, <strong>congenital heart disease<\/strong> is a birth defect that affects the natural mechanism of the baby&#8217;s heart. They are basically structural defects that appear in the heart and blood vessels<\/p>\n<p>Inspite of being the most common kind of of birth defect, <strong>congenital heart disease<\/strong> has no known prevention or cure but it can most certainly be corrected through surgical and\/or interventional procedures. Pediatric cardiac care in India is still in its early stages. Acute lack of awareness and inadequate health care facilities has pushed up cases of <strong>congenital heart disease<\/strong> in India. Misconceptions associated with this fatal disease can subsequently impact further treatment of the patient<\/p>\n<p>Let us uncover a few essential facts about <strong>Congenital Heart Disease (CHD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heart defects<\/strong> in kids is approximately 60 times more prevalent than childhood cancer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Congenital heart defects<\/strong> could be simple like having &#8220;holes&#8221; between chambers of the heart, or complex such as complete absence of one or more chambers or valves. Such defects can be diagnosed before birth, after birth or during childhood<\/li>\n<li>More than 75% of infants born with <strong>critical heart disease<\/strong> can survive beyond a year and many can lead near normal lives after an open heart surgery<\/li>\n<li>Regardless of a child\u2019s race, age, or social class, <strong>congenital heart disease<\/strong>, can strike unannounced but certain anomalies can be detected through vital tests during pregnancy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Congenital heart defect<\/strong> is not a death sentence and it certainly doesn\u2019t make the child imperfect or flawed. Timely diagnosis, surgical intervention and periodic follow-ups have helped hundreds of CHD patients live longer and healthier lives.<\/li>\n<li>More than 50% of all children born with a <strong>congenital heart defect<\/strong> will require at least one invasive surgery in their lifetime. Also, he\/she may not be able to gain weight as rapidly as other infants hence parents and caregivers are expected to constantly remain in touch with the child\u2019s pediatric cardiologist\/heart surgeon through routine follow-up visits.<\/li>\n<li>Survival rates which were very low in past decades have improved drastically \u00a0with the emergence of advanced testing and treatment options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Children&#8217;s Heart Centre at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital is a world-class cardiac &amp; critical care center offering medical &amp; surgical care to neonates, infants and children with all types of heart ailments<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/departments\/centresofexcellence\/childrensheart_hospital_in_mumbai.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/departments\/centresofexcellence\/childrensheart_hospital_in_mumbai.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking care of children with <strong>heart defects<\/strong> can be extremely difficult especially for parents and caregivers who are incapable of handling the financial hurdles that may arise due to expensive treatment. Thousands of children suffering from <strong>congenital heart disease<\/strong> succumb to their illness due to lack of funds for medical treatment. Funding from generous sponsors has helped many ailing little-ones receive optimum pediatric care with high success rates.<\/p>\n<p>Come forward and lend your support to this noble cause. A little kindness could help many unfortunate little ones receive improved quality and accessibility of cardiac care<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most evident misconceptions about heart problems is that, it can affect only adults but the fact remains that every year approximately 130,000<br \/><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/congenital-heart-disease-uncovering-the-facts\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}