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The causes of congenital heart disease

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The causes of congenital heart disease As is known, congenital heart disease, the consequences of which are different, is quite common. Different specialists put their own frequency of occurrence, but in general, it is about 0.8% -1.2% of all newborns.

As much as 30% it is able to make up of all known vices.

Congenital heart disease is a fairly extensive group of diseases that can have a fairly light form, and sometimes completely unfavorable for a child's life. Most of the children die right away in the first years of life, some during the first months. According to specialists, after 1 year of life, mortality is sharply reduced, and the mortality rate from 1 to 15 years is 5% of all children. This is a very serious problem. And here some aspects related to this disease predominate.


To begin with, it is necessary to find out all the known reasons why a child is born with congenital heart disease. When children are born with this disease, there are a number of serious factors, as numerous studies have shown. For example, there is reliable evidence that

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open arterial flow, which in particular occurs in girls, is most common in children born between October and January .Boys with coarctation of the aorta are more likely to be born in the spring in March, or April, much less often in the fall period - in September and October. There are cases in which a large number of children with congenital heart disease are born, which indicates the existence of a specific epidemic.


Such seasonal fluctuations in congenital heart disease are most often associated with epidemics of viruses, also related to environmental problems that adversely affect the mother's .It was proved that the rubella virus has a teratogenic property. Experienced specialists and researchers suggest that the virus group may also be related to the onset of congenital heart disease, especially if it is actively expressed in the first months of pregnancy. Of course, one viral disease is not enough for a child to earn a disease of congenital heart disease. However, if in this connection, a number of additional factors play a role, in the form of bacterial and ecological loads, then a viral disease can become a conductor of congenital heart disease for a newborn child.

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