The fifth son of singer Quach Thanh Danh suffers from a congenital heart disease

Quach Thanh Danh is one of the early singers abroad. Quite favorable in his career, but the 5th son of this singer has a congenital heart disease.

When you were born, no one wanted you to get sick. But fate never completely smiled at anyone. There are fragments of life, from birth, we have faced disease.

The fifth child of singer Quach Thanh Danh is one of them.

Heart disease since birth

 

The singer's fifth child has a congenital heart attack

Recently, Quach Thanh Danh shared with the media about his 5th son suffering from a congenital heart disease, causing many people to grieve. The male singer shared his son was born at a maternity hospital in California, USA in April 2019. However, when she was only 2 days old, she had to undergo surgery because of a congenital heart disease.

While in Vietnam, Quach Thanh Danh was warned by the doctor about his son's condition during the ultrasound tests of his wife. However, he did not think that Tuan Nhien's illness was assessed as serious by the hospital in the US. After talking with Quach Thanh Danh about the baby's health status, the doctors immediately pushed his son into the operating room. More than 6 hours of being on duty outside the operating room made the male and female singers sit on a fire.

“At that time I was afraid of losing my child because I didn't think the surgery would be successful. Tuan Nhien is only two days old and too weak. When the doctor announced that the operation was completed, I breathed a sigh but I still worry until now, ”said the father of many children.

Hard times

 

The male singer is very worried about the health of his wife and children

According to singer Quach Thanh Danh, treatment for his son is very expensive. The baby is in intensive care (ICU) for 13,000 USD / day (301 million VND). In addition, the cost of surgery and treatment over the past time has cost nearly 40 billion VND. But all this cost Quach Thanh Danh is not dropped, but has insurance to pay.

A difficult time, the couple singing "I am me" seems to have lost their baby because the baby is too small. But fortunately, the operation was successful. However, up to now, after 5 months after giving birth, Quach Thanh Danh's son has not been home yet.

“Life's ups and downs are also fate. There are times when it seems to be collapsed, but I tell you to try… as long as you can, ”wrote the male singer on his personal page.

Quach Thanh Danh experienced stressful days because the health of his wife and son was not good. While Tuan Nhien was being treated at the pediatric hospital, his wife, Bao Ngoc, had to stay at the maternity hospital to assist with recovery. Every day, he drove back and forth between the three places to take care of his son and wife at the same time, then went home to take care of meals and baths for 4 children. Because he has not been to the US for a long time, he is not used to the road and confused with traffic rules that makes traveling time consuming and tiring.

Signs identify congenital heart disease

 

Check up early to know your child's illness

In the same situation with singer Quach Thanh Danh's 5th child, there are many children with congenital heart disease in Vietnam. There are many causes for this situation:

Due to genetics

Due to fetal toxicity

Mother is infected during pregnancy

Some common signs to identify:

Congenital heart manifestations in the newborn include: Shortness of breath, tachypnea, shortness of breath, little feeding and continuous resting while breastfeeding.

Children several months of age or older will have more pronounced manifestations: Frequent coughing, wheezing and pneumonia.

In addition, children may have some accompanying symptoms such as physical development delay, pale skin, lips and toes, and purple fingers when crying.

Congenital heart defects can be associated with diseases related to chromosomal mutations such as Down, cleft lips, missing or excess toes ... These cases need special monitoring for early detection and treatment. congenital heart defects, if any.

Treatments

 

Male singer is living in California, USA

Luckily singer Quach Thanh Danh has insurance. Because, the amount of treatment for congenital heart disease is often very high.

Use special medicine

For a mild congenital heart, the health and development of the child is not affected much and no surgery is necessary, the doctor will prescribe a number of drugs to regulate and stabilize the heartbeat. This is the mildest and least effective remedy for the treatment.

Cardiovascular intervention

Doctors will insert a long, small tube through the outer blood vessels leading into the heart to make the blood flow easier, and can also insert monitoring devices to help close the openings in the heart. in case of necessity.

This method has many outstanding advantages such as not having to open the sternum, reducing the risk of infection, fast recovery time ... However, the cost is high and can only be treated for some defects such as ventricular septal defect. , aortic valve stenosis, pulmonary valve stenosis ...

Heart surgery

In case of interventional cardiac catheterization, doctors will perform surgery to close the openings, widen the pulmonary artery stenosis, milk aortic stenosis ... Currently, there are few methods of laparoscopic heart surgery. Invasion helps to relieve pain, reduce bleeding, recover quickly, and leave less scarring. For cases of severe illness that cannot be treated with other methods, doctors will recommend a heart transplant option for the patient.

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