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The most common diseases of childhood
In the period of infancy is characteristic that the child from various diseases because it is a developmental period where all your body is trying to develop. Later, we will present you the most common diseases of childhood to alert you if you have small children, and you can meet.
It is always important that parents are well aware of the symptoms the child has to transmit the pediatrician so he can diagnose the problem. The children are very exposed to the following conditions:
Cold. In the first years of life is very common disease. It is recommended that a doctor who treats you. Usually resolves with antibiotics.
Constipation. When we begin to incorporate solid foods to the diet drink is when it starts this problem of constipation.
Diarrhea. It is more common in children than in adults. It is recommended to drink plenty of water because too much is lost in this period, and reduce the amount of sugar you eat.
Ear infection. It is caused by the accumulation of fluid in the ear canal or due to colds.
Fever. It usually is a symptom of something not right or some disease that is incubating.
Allergy to foods, due to the direct ingestion of food or during breast-feeding for some food that the mother has eaten.
Vomiting. Many times, after being fed baby has a reflux of food than to remove and sometimes vomiting, are caused by viruses.
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Open heart surgery
What is open heart surgery?
Heart surgery performed to correct heart problems. More than half a million heart surgeries are performed each year in the United States due to different heart problems. Heart surgery is used to correct heart problems in children and adults. This article focuses on adult surgery. For more information on pediatric surgery, refer to table of disorders and diseases for birth defects, holes in the heart and tetralogy of Fallot.
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The most common type of surgery in adults is the Bypass Coronary Artery Graft (CABG). During CABG, surgeons use healthy arteries or veins caught from other parts of the body to bypass (ie redirect) blocked arteries. CABG relieves chest pain and reduce the risk of heart attack.
Cardiac surgery is also performed to:
• Repair or replace the valves that control blood flow through the heart.
• Repair damaged or defective cardiac structures.
• Implement medical devices that regulate heart rate or blood flow.
• Replace a damaged heart for a healthy heart from a donor (heart transplant).
The traditional heart surgery, often known as “open heart surgery” is performed by opening the chest wall to work on the heart. Almost always opens the patient’s chest by cutting the ribs of the chest. Once the heart is visible, the patient is connected to a heart-lung machine that performs the functions of the heart and lungs. The machine replaces the pumping action of the heart, which allows surgeons to work with a stopped heart.
In recent years we have developed new forms of cardiac surgery. One of them is called “off-pump” or beating heart. It’s like the traditional open-heart surgery but not the machine is used to support heart and lungs.
Minimally invasive surgery uses smaller incisions than traditional open heart surgery. Some types of minimally invasive surgery using the machine for assistance and others do not. These new methods reduce risks and speed recovery. Studies are underway to compare these new types of cardiac surgery with the traditional technique. The results of these studies will help doctors decide the best procedure for each patient.
Perspectives
The results of cardiac surgery in adults are usually excellent. In people with very serious heart surgery can reduce symptoms, improve quality of life and increase life expectancy.
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