Hey all,
A friend of mine has just discovered her 10 week old daughter has a heart murmur. She is a perfectly healthy baby, putting on weight, breastfred and absolutely beautiful. My friend is freaking out! The dr said 1 in 10 babies have this, and its nothing to be concerned about?? But naturally, she is very concerned and is thinking about flying to brisbane to see a heart specialist.
Just wondering if anyone else's children have this, and what does it mean?
Hi telly, My DS has a heart murmur. The Dr is right, it is nothing to worry about and should correct itself by the time he is 10 (in my sons case). I didnt get any further testing done and he hasnt shown any other problems. He is a very active 3 nearly 4 year old.
hi,
I was born with a heart murmur, it was picked up at birth and I was monitored 3monthly at the wch in adelaide (mind u this was almost 30 yrs ago!) by the time I was 5 it was declared to be closed.
if it hadnt by that stage, I would have needed heart surgery to close it, but that is a worst case scenario, I never had any problems. The docs just told my mum to keep an eye on my colour (make sur I never went blue) and breathing. I was healthy as a horse!
the only prob I have now is that in pregnancy, it is possible for it to re open, but I had an echo and an ecg to check it all last year and all is fine.
also my nephew has one as well, my sil was quite freaked about it, as every time she went to the docs they would comment on it when listening to his heart, but he is a happy healthy boy and they have told her its not a problem until it becomes a problem.
meaning, I think that if it hasnt closed up fully by age 5-10.
hth somewhat!
When DD was 6wks old she was in hospital with bronchiolitis and I was told she had a heart murmur and totally freaked. She is nearly 8 and has never had any heart problems and was not seen by a specialist.
Another one here! Doc noticed it at about 6m but neither she nor the paed were at all worried. At check-ups since then, no-one can even hear it anymore. To be honest, I'd forgotten all about it.
Both my siblings have heart mumours which were found at birth. Both are fine and lead normal lives. The only catch is that they have to have yearly check ups with a cardiologist. My sister did have open heart surgery before her 1st birthday though. But honestly, both are fine, no problems as a result of the murmours...
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