Care of congenital heart disease

  A reasonable care of congenital heart disease can promote the recovery of children with congenital heart disease, and can also quickly reduce the symptoms of discomfort of children.  1, congenital heart disease care – keep quiet Try to keep the child quiet, avoid excessive crying, to ensure adequate sleep. Older children should have a regular life, combining movement and stillness, neither running around outside (running and jumping and strenuous exercise are strictly prohibited), nor do they need to lie in bed all day, and sleep must be guaranteed at night to reduce the burden on the heart.  2, congenital heart disease care – diet Congenital heart disease children should eat less and more meals, need to ensure adequate protein and vitamin intake, give the diet as diverse as possible, easy to digest. If the stool is dry and difficult to defecate, excessive force will increase the abdominal pressure and increase the burden on the heart, which may even have serious consequences.  3, congenital heart disease care – prevention of infection Keep the air circulating in the room, and avoid staying in crowded public places to reduce the chance of respiratory infections. You should add and remove clothes in time with the cold weather and pay close attention to prevent colds. Children with cardiac insufficiency tend to sweat more, so they need to keep their skin clean, bathe regularly in summer, rub themselves with hot towels in winter (pay attention to keeping warm), and change their clothes and pants regularly. Feed more water to ensure sufficient hydration.  4, congenital heart disease care – regular follow-up visits Children with congenital heart disease should regularly go to the hospital cardiology outpatient follow-up visits, in strict compliance with medical advice to take drugs, especially cardiac, diuretic drugs, because of their pharmacological properties, must be absolutely controlled dose, on time, according to the course of treatment to ensure the efficacy. Before each dose of cardiac drugs, pulse count must be measured, if the heart rate is too slow, should immediately stop taking, in order to prevent the occurrence of toxic effects of drugs, endangering the life of the child.