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Is Presence Of Heart Murmur Normal In Babies?
My baby has glassy eyes, has maintained a temperature between 37 C and 39 C, she has been very sleepy as well which is unusual, the last 2 days she has lost her appetite and I've been giving her water and breastmilk. We took her to the doctors today and they said she had a heart murmur that they would like to check out again tomorrow...they said everything should be fine as its normal for babies to have heart murmurs. Is this right? My husband's family have a history of congenital heart problems...should I be worried?
Wed, 24 Jun 2015
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Welcome to the HCM
I completely understand your concerns. During fever, due to hyperdynamic circulation, many a times innocent murmurs are audible on auscultation. So the murmur heard may be a normal finding in your child. The reassessment will help the doctors to find out whether an echocardiogram is required or not.
Family history of heart disease is a risk factor but I would recommend you to be calm till the results come. Most of the congenital heart defects are correctable now a days.
For fever episodes you may give him acetaminophen or ibuprofen syrup.
Hopefully this will help you. For further questions, you may contact me.
Take care
Welcome to the HCM
I completely understand your concerns. During fever, due to hyperdynamic circulation, many a times innocent murmurs are audible on auscultation. So the murmur heard may be a normal finding in your child. The reassessment will help the doctors to find out whether an echocardiogram is required or not.
Family history of heart disease is a risk factor but I would recommend you to be calm till the results come. Most of the congenital heart defects are correctable now a days.
For fever episodes you may give him acetaminophen or ibuprofen syrup.
Hopefully this will help you. For further questions, you may contact me.
Take care
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