How serious is an enlarged heart?

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shortcakexo	How serious is an enlarged heart?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 3011 (06/25/2008 7:30 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	There's a long medical term for exactly what it is, but I think that's the general problem.... with an irregular heart beat. Does anyone have any experience with this at all? My 12 year old brother is going to be in the hospital from tonight through at least the weekend for testing and observation and apparently it could be something very serious. My family is a wreck.
ItsGonnaBeMe4JLB		#1	[-]
Posts: 924 (06/25/2008 7:31 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	it can be quite serious. If you knew the exact terminology, I could tell you exactly how serious. There are different kinds of enlargements and different kinds of irregular heart beats.
Jess116005		#2	[-]
Posts: 17812 (06/25/2008 7:31 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Did they do an xray or something? What were his symptoms?
shortcakexo		#3	[-]
Posts: 3012 (06/25/2008 7:36 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	We're at the hospital right now and they're putting an IV in, I don't want to ask my dad the exact name right now because he's taking this really hard and even talking to him about it makes me want to cry. Basically he went to the dr with an ear infection last week and they noticed an irregular heart beat so they took him to a pediatric cardiologist today and they said it looks a lot worse than they originally thought. He didn't have any symptoms of anything heart related - no chest pains or anything, but they seem to think it could be something bad. He said he had one Xray at the pediatric doctor today.
hjames scott		#4	[-]
Posts: 476 (06/25/2008 7:37 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	It's very serious, or it can be. I've known two kids that have died from it. I hope your brother's all right.
Gemma		#5	[-]
Posts: 19125 (06/25/2008 7:39 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Oh, I'm sorry. There are a lot of support groups for pediatric cardiology families. There's hope. Much love to you andl your family.
shortcakexo		#6	[-]
Posts: 3013 (06/25/2008 7:39 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	OMG ok now I am freaking out.
Gemma		#7	[-]
Posts: 19126 (06/25/2008 7:40 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Are they still in the process of diagnosing your brother, or have they come up with a treatment plan?
Ducky Luv		#8	[-]
Posts: 24534 (06/25/2008 7:43 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	It's better to find out now. They can put your brother on meds and monitor him and his athletic participation. Most kids/people that die never know they have any condition because it goes undiagnosed very frequently. Finding out, though it comes as a shock and is scary, is really a good thing.
Tommy		#9	[-]
Posts: 3350 (06/25/2008 7:44 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	It's a good thing they caught it before it was too late.
hjames scott		#10	[-]
Posts: 478 (06/25/2008 7:44 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I didn't mean to freak you out - both boys I knew who died, died as a result of athletics and not knowing they had a heart condition. It's a good thing the doctors may have caught your brother's condition early.
shortcakexo		#11	[-]
Posts: 3014 (06/25/2008 7:49 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Tonight is his first night here, they're keeping him here through the weekend. There's no official diagnosis but they do know that it's enlarged and not beating normally. He's got a million monitors all over his chest and it's so scary looking. He IS very athletic so I know that its very very very good that they found out. He's on a traveling baseball team and a regular league so he plays/practices almost everyday, but they said that its not caused by that at all, though it can't be helpful either. I almost wish I wouldn't have made this post because now I am so much more nervous. If you are the praying kind, please keep him in your prayers.
hjames scott		#12	[-]
Posts: 481 (06/25/2008 7:50 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I'll definitely keep him in my prayers. I don't think an enlarged heart is caused by athletics, but I think it aggravates the heart when it's already not beating properly. Try not to be too nervous - he's in good hands.
shortcakexo		#13	[-]
Posts: 3015 (06/25/2008 7:51 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	ojos Sara wrote: It can be serious, but its really good to know and monitor the condition properly. We're at Shands right now, so I'm very close to you! Apparently this is one of the best pediatric hospitals, so that is very good.
Ducky Luv		#14	[-]
Posts: 24535 (06/25/2008 7:54 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Yeah the enlargement can be due to many things, but is usually congenital, meaning he was born with it. Him being an athletic kid doesn't cause it, but can definitely cause problems.
EJFiederer		#15	[-]
Posts: 7849 (06/25/2008 7:56 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	He is in the best place he can be in right now!!!The more tests, the better!!!
IdDoJC100Ways		#16	[-]
Posts: 22014 (06/25/2008 7:56 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	I have left ventricular hypertrophy....an enlargement of the left ventricle of the heart. So long as I control my blood pressure and keep it low it doesn't get worse. Most people find out about it after a heart attack and/or when they're much older. My asthma caused me to get an echo cardiogram and that is what diagnosed it. Since I've had it diagnosed and have controlled my blood pressure it has not enlarged. However.....due to the issue and my migraines I had to stop taking hormone based BC.l
EJFiederer		#17	[-]
Posts: 7850 (11/22/1952 3:14 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	^ See!! Sometimes it is a blessing to go in for something else and have a serious problem discovered that way!!
hipsnhearts		#18	[-]
Posts: 1482 (06/25/2008 8:00 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	It is very good that they caught it and are able to monitor everything. I love you, call me if you need anything!
shortcakexo		#19	[-]
Posts: 3016 (06/25/2008 8:18 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Thanks you guys, I appreciate all your encouragement and good thoughts.
shortcakexo		#20	[-]
Posts: 3020 (06/26/2008 8:35 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Friend Block Invite Ignore	Just a semi-update: They moved him into the less serious side of ICU last night so that he could have nurses that only have one or two patients, as opposed to the five patients the regular pediatrics nurse had. He's on all of the monitors until sometime this afternoon and hopefully then they'll have more information on what's going on. It broke my heart last night because I think he started to realize that it was something more serious and he started crying, which made me and my sister start bawling. We're trying to act strong in front of him so he won't worry. Hopefully this will end up being something minimal and not serious.

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