How to prevent atrial septal defect in children

Atrial septal defect in children is a relatively common heart disease. This disease occurs in pregnant women with intrauterine infection during the fetal period. After the disease, children usually have a series of clinical manifestations such as shortness of breath, palpitations, fatigue, and stunted development. If measures are not taken in time for treatment, it will cause many serious complications, such as Eisenmenger syndrome and bronchial asthma. Atrial septal defect in children is very harmful to the human body. We should pay attention to prevention in daily life. The specific prevention methods are as follows.

1. Before pregnancy, both husband and wife should prepare for pregnancy and develop good living habits; at the same time, they should avoid infection during pregnancy. If there are any problems, they should seek medical attention in time and take medicine under the guidance of the doctor.

2. After the fetus is delivered, appropriate examinations should be carried out to determine whether there are any deformities, so as to achieve early diagnosis and early treatment.

3. Before pregnancy, diseases that affect fetal development, such as diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus, anemia, etc., should be actively treated.

4. Pregnant women and their spouses should quit smoking and drinking, avoid contact with toxic and harmful substances, and prevent fetal malformations.

5. Carry out prenatal examinations and avoid the use of related drugs that have been proven to have teratogenic effects.

6. For elderly women and couples with a family history of congenital heart disease, if one of them suffers from a serious disease or defect, they need to be careful during pregnancy.

As mentioned above, the prevention method of atrial septal defect in children is that if you unfortunately get this disease, you must seek timely treatment. Clinically, drug treatment is generally used, and commonly used drugs are nifedipine, warfarin, digitalis, and diuretics; if the defect is serious and the drug effect is poor, surgical treatment should be performed in time. The most commonly used surgical methods are thoracotomy, intervention, and transthoracic. The disease has a generally good prognosis through standardized treatment, but the defect is large, especially if it is not treated in time, the prognosis is poor, and it is easy to leave sequelae such as atrial fibrillation and pulmonary hypertension.