Congenital

Many parents when asked the sex of their baby would respond with, “It doesn't matter as long as the baby is healthy,” or something along those lines. Every parent's hope is to have a healthy child. Considering all the birth defects that could happen while a child is developing in the womb, this would be all I’d hoped for too. One birth defect is gastroschisis. Gastroschisis is a birth defect that develops in a baby during pregnancy. This defect happens when an opening forms in the baby's…

Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is a muscle disorder that, even though has different ages of onset, develops most commonly at birth or in infancy. A dystrophy is a disorder that weakens and wastes away organs and tissue of the body. CMD can be characterized by hypotonia or “floppy baby”, progressive muscle weakness, and fixed joints that restrict movement. Most forms of CMD are inherited as autosomal recessive traits, affect different muscles and have different severity and inheritance…

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is the overdevelopment of the adrenal glands from birth. In a healthy person, cortisol is used to decrease the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone. ACTH is used by the pituitary gland which stimulates the adrenal gland. However, people with CAH have a genetic limitation where they are unable to produce correct amounts of cortisol. Without cortisol to exert a negative feedback on ACTH, it continues to be secreted causing the adrenal gland to secrete larger…

Cretinism: also known as congenital hypothyroidism effects about 1 in 4000 babies. Cretinism is a situation induced by an insufficiency of thyroid hormone at birth and during minority, as a ensue of abnormal evolution of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland becomes unbalanced or defective often due to an iodine imperfection. If untreated, can result in mild to severe impairment of both physical and mental growth and development. Cretinism can also cause mental deterioration, swelling of the…

There are things that increase the chances of a child to have congenital heart disease are; the first conditions Genetics, this is a condition that is inherited from both or one of the baby’s parents and is recognised as a type of congenital disease that runs in the family. Down syndrome is the most known genetic condition that can cause congenital heart disease and the children that are born with down syndrome also born with a range of disabilities which…

Congenital Muscular Torticollis Marissa Maiwelmal PTHA 1321: Pathophysiology for the PTA November 19, 2015 I. Definition/Causes A. Normal function and appearance of sternocleidomastoid B. Definition of congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) C. Common theories of the causes of congenital muscular torticollis D. Conditions CMT can result in E. Epidemiology II. Classification A. Postural torticollis B. Muscular torticollis C. Sternocleidomastoid mass III. Treatments A. Physical Therapy…

oxygen throught the body by way of the circulatory system. Modern medicine has advanced greatly within the last 30 years and almost all heart diseases can be treated successfully if detected in time. Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a malformation of the large blood vessel near the heart. Congenital heart disease is one of the most common forms of major birth defects in newborns, affecting approximately 8 percent of infants and is normally diagnosed within one week from birth. Prior to birth…

Many herbicides and pesticides are thought to be involved in teratogenic, or embryonic development disturbing, mechanisms. Therefore it is important to study the effects of these chemicals on humans and wildlife in the event of contact or contamination. Case-Control Study of Maternal Residential Atrazine Exposure and Male Genital Malformations by Agopian in 2012 is one study that examines an herbicide, atrazine, in relation to birth defects of male genital development. Atrazine is one of the…

- Congenital Heart Defect (patent ductus arterious/pda) - Asthma - GERD – G-tube feeding - Dysphagia - Mixed receptive -expressive language disorder - Allergic to Bactrim - Palatal Talon Cusps - Bilateral Epicanthal folds Subjective findings - Prematurity - Lack maternal pre-natal care - Non- progressive /unproductive labor (delivered via C- Sec) Objective findings - Impaired development in all areas - Poor sense of balance, coordination, and motor planning - Limited endurance to gross motor…

Pennsylvania, n.d.). The continuous pulse oximetry readings of the newborn will alert the RN of any circulatory issues that need immediate attention. Another benefit of performing continuous pulse oximetry on newborns is the early detection of congenital heart defects (Tin & Lal, 2015). The continuous monitoring allows the early detection of pulmonary atresia, tetralogy of Fallot, tricuspid atresia, anomalous pulmonary venous return (CDC, 2012). The early detection of the critical cardiac…