Symptoms of dilated cardiomyopathy
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Symptoms of dilated cardiomyopathy are variable and depends mainly on the severity of circulatory failure. In the early stages of the disease, the disease is small or asymptomatic, subjective manifestations are often absent, children do not complain. Cardiomegaly, changes on the ECG are often detected accidentally during preventive examinations or when contacting a doctor for another reason. This explains the later detection of dilated cardiomyopathy.
The first clinical manifestations of dilated cardiomyopathy in children are as follows:
- shortness of breath, first with physical activity (feeding), cough;
- increased sweating, anxiety, rejection of the breast;
- abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia; o Syncopal conditions, dizziness;
- rapid fatigue, reduced tolerance to physical exertion.
Often, initially dilated cardiomyopathy is regarded as pneumonia, although this symptomatology in this case is a manifestation of left ventricular heart failure. As the severity of heart disease progresses, right ventricular failure is added. In this case, children are often hospitalized in infectious hospitals or surgical hospitals with suspected intestinal infection or acute surgical pathology.
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