Re: my youngest granddaughter

On 31/10/2007 18:48, shaz wrote with interest:
Caitlin who is now 18 months old is now waiting to see a paediatrician. The dr. told her Mum today that she has a heart murmur. She took her for impetigo and they did some checks on her, so now she will have to have a scan. So things do not seem to get better. There always seems to be something to worry about.

Quote from BBC Health section.
Causes
Heart murmurs are common in babies and young children. The majority aren't a sign of a problem with the heart but result from the fast rate at which children's hearts beat or normal variations in the structure of the heart. Some factors, such as fever or excitement, make an innocent murmur more likely because they increase the speed at which the heart pumps.
Who's affected?
About 30 per cent of children will, at some time, have an innocent murmur. Murmurs due to disease are much less common.

Hope it is nothing serious.

--
wtwjgc (Joe)
http://www.localcooling.com/ref/?type=link&id=26575
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Another Mom Update was Re: OT Update was Re: OT Questions about CAT scans
    ... cardiologist will be able to get the details of the murmur. ... valves, some are really minor, and just the way that heart is plumbed. ... This dog is actually the ... After driving her in her car for a few ...
    (rec.crafts.textiles.needlework)
  • Re: OT: To test or not to test...what would you do?
    ... condition that involves a thickening of the heart muscles. ... Why did the doctor in Minneapolis suggest that you be tested? ... (Both of my brothers were born with a murmur too). ... It's not the murmur itself that is worrisome...it's that this disease seems to have a ...
    (rec.food.cooking)
  • Re: Treatment for this type of murmur
    ... You need some lab tests to confirm the main disease causing murmur and by ... Innocent heart murmurs are sounds made by the blood circulating through the ... >> I have switched to decaf, even decaf coke, taken vitamins, got plenty ...
    (sci.med.cardiology)
  • Re: Heart murmur
    ... bigger issue than I've got the impression a heart murmur usually is, ... All a heart murmur means in and of itself is that when you listen to ... If you think about the amount of blood going through and how fast it's ... I asked one of the cardiologists if he'd ever once ...
    (misc.kids)
  • Re: my youngest granddaughter
    ... The dr. told her Mum today that she has a heart murmur. ... Heart murmurs are common in babies and young children. ... I take your youngest is OK. ...
    (uk.people.silversurfers)