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Heart Defects
By: Jenna Terry
What is it?
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The Heart Defect i am
talking about is congenital
heart defect.
It is when your heart has a
hole in it.
It is usually caused by
STRESS!
It is the most common birth
defect in children.
I HAD THIS DEFECT AS A
CHILD!
Medical Problems
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These defects can involve
the walls of the heart, the
valves of the heart and the
arteries and veins near the
heart.
Congenital heart defects can
disrupt the normal flow of
blood through the heart. The
blood flow can
Slow down
Go in the wrong direction
or to the wrong place
Be blocked completely
Discovery of better
Treatments
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Doctors now think it is
best to wait to have
surgery until 6 years or
older of age.
They now think that you
can grow out of it in
time but in 1991 they
didn’t know if you would
live without the surgery
immediately
My Opinion
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I think that kids that have
heart defects can live a
normal life like: working,
playing sports and being
able to do anything anyone
does.
I am a living proof that any
kid with a heart defect will be
just as healthy as any other
kid.