Is bradycardia in children serious?

Bradycardia in children is generally not serious if it is physiologic and can be left alone with regular checkups. If it is caused by disease, it is more serious.
1. Physiological factors: such as vagus nerve excitation can lead to bradycardia in children, at this time, if the child has no obvious symptoms, can not be dealt with, regular review can be.
2. Pathological factors: such as drugs, intracranial hypertension, hypoxia, cardiac surgery, congenital heart disease, Cretin’s disease, obstructive jaundice, hypothyroidism, etc., resulting in bradycardia, there may be dizziness, fatigue, chest tightness, or even fainting and other manifestations of the heart, and in severe cases, there may be malignant arrhythmia, shock, and endangering life.
The phenomenon of children’s bradycardia needs to cause parents to pay enough attention, especially some children’s clinical symptoms are not typical, more likely to cause serious consequences.