Taking medication is a very traditional and important way to treat diseases. However, medication is not without its side effects, and taking medication may cause some side effects. For children with congenital heart disease, we have more concerns in this regard. So, do children with congenital heart disease have to take medication after surgery? There is no absolute conclusion as to whether or not you need to continue taking medication after congenital heart disease surgery. It is mainly based on the recovery of the child’s own condition and the severity of the congenital heart disease itself. First, the children who do not need to take medication after surgery Regular simple congenital heart disease, and the child defect diameter is small, there is no complication and infection, after successful surgery, the review of cardiac function is better, you can temporarily do not need to take medication. However, we must keep in mind the regular review, because the surface symptoms can not be fully equated with the actual condition, need to rely on scientific examination to determine. Second, the need to take drugs which are mainly some pulmonary complications of patients, such as children with poor pulmonary vascular development or deformity correction is not satisfactory, increased pulmonary blood flow, if these cases, is the need to take cardiac, diuretic, expanding blood vessels drugs. In addition, for children with postoperative pulmonary hypertension or signs of heart failure, medication is often given for a longer period of time, and re-operation is required if necessary. For patients who have had successful surgery, the doctor will often prescribe a 2-month dosage of medication at the time of discharge from the hospital, and then review the medication 1 month after surgery and decide to increase or decrease the dosage or discontinue the medication based on the results of the review. In the issue of medication, we can not be sloppy, must be combined with the actual examination of the situation, to do everything. Third, how to take care of children with congenital heart disease after surgery? 1, strict control of salt intake: the main components of salt is sodium and chlorine, and sodium in the body has a “hydration” role of the organization, most of the body’s sodium and chlorine are discharged from the urine. The high concentration of sodium ions in the blood will cause a large amount of water retention in the body, resulting in generalized edema, liver enlargement, increase the burden on the heart, and in severe cases will also lead to heart failure. At the same time, too salty diet is also an important cause of hypertension. So the diet of children after congenital heart disease surgery must be lighter, salted products, salted eggs, salted fish and other foods containing too much salt try not to eat. 2, should not eat more chocolate and other sweets: after heart surgery, when the child is not willing to eat, many parents like to stuff chocolate to the child to eat, thought this can ensure nutrition. Chocolate is mainly composed of fat and sugar, calories are very high, but the proportion of protein and fat contained in the normal needs of children with a large difference. Eat more chocolate easy to cause pediatric indigestion, constipation, loss of appetite. At the same time, chocolate contains caffeine and other ingredients, eating too much will not only make children over-excited, affecting the rest, but also on the children’s brain development to bring certain adverse effects. 3, should not eat more canned beverages and cold drinks: canned beverages sold on the market a wide range of varieties, many of the components of the drink is mainly sugar or saccharin, spices, coloring and water, nutrition is often insufficient. Cold drinks are also children like to eat, but after major surgery children’s digestive organs are still in the stage of recovery and adjustment, when the children’s digestive function is often weaker. Too cold food into the stomach will stimulate gastric mucosal vasoconstriction, gastric juice secretion reduction, affecting the food in the gastrointestinal tract digestion process; at the same time will also weaken the bactericidal ability of the digestive tract, leading to gastrointestinal tract infectious diseases. 4, should not blindly supplement: some parents think that ginseng has a tonic effect, so give the postoperative children drink ginseng soup. Ginseng does have the function of strengthening the heart and body, replenishing gas and generating fluids, but different ginsengs have different properties, and taking improper ginseng will cause symptoms such as loss of appetite, nose bleeding and irritability. Some other supplements are not suitable for children during growth and development. 5.Eat less, eat more: avoid eating too much at one time, resulting in postoperative baby bloating, dyspnea, and even cause heart failure and so on. At the same time should also pay attention to avoid the respiratory tract infection caused by inhalation. The best post-operative “tonic” is natural food. Parents as long as the above principles, in the child’s daily diet, pay attention to meat and vegetables, coarse and fine balanced, pay attention to prevent the loss of nutrients in cooking and destruction, to ensure that three meals a day to eat, eat well, the child will be able to regain strength as soon as possible.