Why now-a-days new born babies are having heart problems & how the disease diagnosed ?
babies have had heart disease for a LONG time. its not just now a days. 1 in every 100 babies is diagnosed with congenital heart disease. CHDs use to be 100% fatal to babies, now with medical technology many babies can live a fairly normal life with the help of surgeries, medication, and heart transplants. They are diagnosed sometimes before they are born by a fetal echocardiogram, or after birth(depending on severity and symptoms it can be diagnosed immediately after birth, or hours, days, or years later) usually if the baby has a severe defect a heart murmur, breathing difficulties and sometimes a blue tint is evident. Or the baby may have an unusually fast or slow or erratic heart rate. This prompts medical providers to perform and Echocardigram(echo), and from there they may perform an EKG, chest xray, or cardiac catherization depending on the results of the Echo. After the baby may need surgery within hours, days or weeks or it surgery could be months or years away. If the heart p
