DeShawn's Constipation Question has me wondering.....
DeShawn's Constipation Question has me wondering.....
After reading through the posts to DeShawn's "Just a question" posting about constipation I really got to thinking.
My son Carter is now 6 months with left bpi. At his 2 month check up our PA-C couldn't get the left femoral pulse and tossed out the term Coarctation of the Aorta. Then she gives us some information about it and tells us not to panic because Carter is otherwise very healthy and thriving. I don't know how any parent could do some research on this condition and not panic! One of the indicators is blueing of the extemities. It is also known as blue baby syndrome. The infomation I found talks about life expectancy of approx. 30 years if corrective surgery isn't performed by the age of 9 or 10. Optimal surgical age between 3 to 5.
At four month check up she detected the femoral pulses just fine and told us not to worry. At six month check up I told her I want to rule it out absolutely. It is always at the back of my mind and he does occassionally have some blueing (not totally blue, but not as fleshy pink as normal) of his extremities and it isn't always due to cold temperatures.
I didn't realize or understand that other parts of the body could be connected with the BPI. Now I feel a little better about insisting on a referral to cardiologist to find out for sure.
Any other info or links anyone knows of would be greatly appreciated.
Pam
My son Carter is now 6 months with left bpi. At his 2 month check up our PA-C couldn't get the left femoral pulse and tossed out the term Coarctation of the Aorta. Then she gives us some information about it and tells us not to panic because Carter is otherwise very healthy and thriving. I don't know how any parent could do some research on this condition and not panic! One of the indicators is blueing of the extemities. It is also known as blue baby syndrome. The infomation I found talks about life expectancy of approx. 30 years if corrective surgery isn't performed by the age of 9 or 10. Optimal surgical age between 3 to 5.
At four month check up she detected the femoral pulses just fine and told us not to worry. At six month check up I told her I want to rule it out absolutely. It is always at the back of my mind and he does occassionally have some blueing (not totally blue, but not as fleshy pink as normal) of his extremities and it isn't always due to cold temperatures.
I didn't realize or understand that other parts of the body could be connected with the BPI. Now I feel a little better about insisting on a referral to cardiologist to find out for sure.
Any other info or links anyone knows of would be greatly appreciated.
Pam
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Re: DeShawn's Constipation Question has me wondering.....
I can't help you out at all because I don't know anything about this condition, but I am so glad you decided to go to a cardiologist to find out exactly what is going on. I hope all turns out perfectly.
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