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This 50 day
old child was brought with a condition known as Congenital Transposition of
Great Arteries. In the normal heart the impure blood returning from various
parts of the body, comes to the right side of the heart, from which it is pumped
into the lungs,through |
| Pulmonary artery.There it gets purified and returns to
the left side of the heart, from where it is pumped out to various parts of the
body through the great artery calledAorta. In Transposition of great arteries,
these biggest arteries of the body,Aorta and Pulmonary artery are wrongly
connected to the heart.That is Pulmonary artery is connected to the Left side
and the Aorta is connected to the right side of the heart.So proper purification
of the blood dosen't take place. The impure blood gets recirculated.This results
in the bluish discolouration of the body, known as cyanosis.Left alone this is
not compatible with life.
This baby was operated and underwent Arterial switch
operation which is a curative procedure.In this the arteries are transected and
reconnected correctly to the appropriate chambers.When the surgery is done early
in the life, it gives good result.Once you delay, beyond a limit, the child
cannot be offered curative surgery. Thus early detection and immediate
intervention has helped this child to have a normal life in future. This surgery
required Rs.70,000/- as total package at Sri Ramakrishna Hospital.The picture of
this baby playing now presents a rosy picture, but there are so many children
who has this condition but goes without proper diagnosis and dies prematurely.
Yet many unfortunate children has the diagnosis but doesn't have financial
resources to get it operated, and thus misses the boat.
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