{"id":48,"date":"2021-09-09T09:05:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T09:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hearthealth.peezy.org\/?p=48"},"modified":"2021-09-16T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T09:20:00","slug":"heart-disease-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/heart-disease-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Disease In Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We typically think of heart disease as an adult problem, but there are children who suffer from heart disease as well.  Most of the time this has little to do with lifestyle and more to do with congenital defects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 These are heart problems that the child is born with.  There are also acquired heart diseases that a child contracts after birth.  Examples of congenital defects include defects in the heart valves, heart murmurs, and atrial septal defects (otherwise known as a hole in the heart).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0These are conditions that occur when there\u2019s a problem with a baby\u2019s development before birth.\u00a0 Acquired defects include Kawasaki\u2019s disease and rheumatic fever. If you have a child that suffers from heart disease, it\u2019s important to stay on top of his medical treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You need to be aware of your child\u2019s symptoms and make sure that you\u2019re getting the right medications.  In some cases, surgery may be required. It\u2019s a good idea to get a second opinion before allowing your child to undergo a serious operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll also need to make sure that your child leads a healthy lifestyle if he heart disease.  For some children, physical activity will need to be limited.  For those children who can participate in exercise, you should follow your doctor\u2019s instructions.  You\u2019ll also want to make sure your child has a healthy diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, it\u2019s important to realize that heart disease can also be acquired through an unhealthy lifestyle.  Diseases such as diabetes and heart disease were once only found in adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, more and more children are beginning to develop these diseases because their diet and exercise habits are so poor.  This is largely due to the access to technology and the on-the-go lifestyle we live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a parent, you need to do everything in your power to help your child stay healthy by eating a diet low in saturated fat and high in fiber.  You also need to make sure that they trade some of their video games for exercise.  Children developing heart disease as a result of atherosclerosis is a tragedy \u2013 one that\u2019s 100% preventable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter what the health of your child is today, there are things you can do to help improve it.  Make sure your child has a healthy diet and adequate physical activity.  This will help to treat problems from childhood heart disease as well as prevent problems later in your child\u2019s life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We typically think of heart disease as an adult problem, but there are children who suffer from heart disease as well.  Most of the time this has little to do with lifestyle and more to do with congenital defects.  These are heart problems that the child is born with.  There are also acquired heart diseases that a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[29,30,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichedemosites.com\/Heart_Health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}