Usually increased heart is found accidentally — on planned medical examination of the child when carrying out a X-ray analysis of a thorax. And the diagnosis "kardiomegaliya", or the increased heart, shocks parents. What to do if heart of the child is increased.
Kardiomegaliya distinguish primary and secondary. Secondary increases in heart can develop as a result of other diseases: infectious diseases of heart and other bodies and systems, crushing toxic defeats, respiratory insufficiency. We look for the exact reasons of primary kardiomegaliya are not up to the end known.
The increased heart usually is found accidentally — at planned medical examination, by results of a X-ray analysis of bodies of a thorax. On the x-ray the uvechenny sizes of a warm shadow are clearly visible. Also little changes can be found on the cardiogram and at a heart auskultation. An obligatory research is EhoKG.
As a rule, when the kardiomegaliya is found at the inspection appointed because of deterioration in a condition of the child it is adverse predictive sign. Usually in this case the course of a disease fast and heavy, often terminates letalno.
Symptoms to which it is necessary to pay attention: — tachycardia; — rapid breathing; — pallor of skin; — cyanosis of lips and tip of a nose; — hypostases; — lack of appetite. Children's heart in itself fights more often than at the adult therefore to judge that, frequent heartbeat or not, is difficult not for the expert. But the frequency of blows of heart higher than 160 is definitely disturbing sign. Breath at a kardiomegaliya not only becomes more frequent, but also its rhythm is broken. The child breathes often, superficially and sometimes kind of "passes" breaths. The pallor of skin develops because of violation of blood circulation owing to weak work of heart. If these violations are not eliminated, then the pallor amplifies, and cyanosis — a cyanotic shade of skin of a nasolabial triangle develops. Hypostases demonstrate rather heavy violations of blood circulation when the children's heart does not cope with the work, and liquid begins "to propotevat" from the blood course in fabric. The lack of appetite is the most general symptom of the majority of diseases, often very first. And, unfortunately, many mothers do not pay it due attention. So, revealed the increased heart in the child. What to do? First of all, not to panic. In the itself increased heart on the roentgenogram still means nothing. To the child have to carry out a necessary minimum of surveys. After all laboratory and tool researches of the kid will direct to consultation to the children's cardiologist who on the basis of a condition of the child and these all his inspections will be able to expose the correct diagnosis and to pick up adequate treatment. You should not delay with consultation of the expert, treatment is most effective when there is no developed clinical picture of a disease yet. It means that heart copes with the work so far, and it can be restored. At emergence of noticeable symptoms it is impossible to hesitate especially. Therefore you should not neglect planned medical examinations and inspections. Do not forget that in certain cases they can save small life.