Can you be born with arrhythmia

Can you be born with arrhythmia

http://www.chacha.com/question/can-you-be-born-with-arrhythmia

Sometimes people are born with Arrhythmia. There are as many as 2 million people in the United States alone that currently have atrial fibrillation, a type of arrhythmia. ChaCha on!

Are people only born with Arrhythmia?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080626073025AArOxM4

oh lord no, ha, arrhythmias can occur at any age for alot of reasons. All kinds of drugs, even caffeine, anything that might cause a blockage and interrupts the blood flow to the heart (atherosclerosis), stress, fright, shock and adrenaline…

Are you born with a heart arrhythmia?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100227172217AA7AYes

I was no born with heart arrhythmia and neither was my brother. However, my brother rapidly developed pneumonia when he was 15 and ended up in the hospital for months because it turned into Dilated Cardiomyopathy (basically, arrhythmia). So…

Related Questions Answered on Y!Answers

are you born with a heart arrhythmia?

Q: are you born with heart arrhythmia’s are can you develop it at any time and any age?

A: I was no born with heart arrhythmia and neither was my brother. However, my brother rapidly developed pneumonia when he was 15 and ended up in the hospital for months because it turned into Dilated Cardiomyopathy (basically, arrhythmia). So I would say YES, you can develop an arrhythmia later in life. Not common though until you’re old.

should I be worried my daughter might die?

Q: not really sure if this is a question anyone can answer, but here goes. So one of my fraternal twin daughters was born with syndactyly ( webbed fingers- simple bilateral- all four fingers half way up). While at the hospital on her first day of life she stopped breathing and was taken to the NICU and it was determined that she had a prolonged QT interval. She spent 3 weeks at all childrens hospital, and when they released her they told me that her prolonged QT was resolved. It has since been three years, and she had syndactyly surgery to correct the webbing and hasn’t had any major issues. I went on google a few days ago and I was looking at an unrelated issue and it was talking about prolonged QT so I clicked on it and I read that some people who have prolonged qt have syndactyly. The combination of the two defects is rare and is called “Timothy’s Syndrome”. I of course read about Timothy’s Syndrome, and it said that the oldest living person to have Timothy’s Syndrome is 20 and that most die during childhood due to arrhythmia cased from prolonged qt. We never had genetic testing done when she was a baby, and now I am freaking out because I also read that prolonged qt doesn’t just go away that you might have times where you have a regular heart beat, but it’s always there. So I am going to make an appointment with the ped. and ask for a referral for genetic testing. I was just wondering if any of you could read about Timothy’s Syndrome and tell me if you think I read it right and that it says my baby will die.

A: You really need to bring it up with your doctor. You could just be reading to much into it, but make sure to explain to your Dr. that your serious and worried and want your child tested.I found this online – The most striking sign of Timothy syndrome is the co-occurrence of both syndactyly (~0.03% of births) and long QT syndrome (1% per year) in a single patient. Other common symptoms of Timothy syndrome are cardiac arrhythmia (94%), heart malformations (59%), autism or an autism spectrum disorder (80% who survive long enough for evaluation). Facial dysmorphologies such as flattened noses also occur in approximately half of patients. Children with this disorder have small teeth which, due to poor enamel coating, are prone to dental cavities and often require removal. The average age of death due to complications of these symptoms is 2.5 years.[1][2][3]Atypical Timothy syndrome has largely the same symptoms as the classical form. Differences in the atypical form are the lack of syndactyly, the presence of musculoskeletal problems (particularly hyperflexible joints), and atrial fibrillation. Patients with atypical Timothy syndrome also have more facial deformities, including protruding foreheads and tongues. Finally, one patient with atypical Timothy syndrome had body development discrepancy wherein her upper body was normally developed (that of a 6 year old) while her lower half resembled a 2 or 3 year old.[4]Children with Timothy syndrome tend to be born via cesarean section due to fetal distress

should I be worried my daughter will die?

Q: not really sure if this is a question anyone can answer, but here goes. So one of my fraternal twin daughters was born with syndactyly ( webbed fingers- simple bilateral- all four fingers half way up). While at the hospital on her first day of life she stopped breathing and was taken to the NICU and it was determined that she had a prolonged QT interval. She spent 3 weeks at all childrens hospital, and when they released her they told me that her prolonged QT was resolved. It has since been three years, and she had syndactyly surgery to correct the webbing and hasn’t had any major issues. I went on google a few days ago and I was looking at an unrelated issue and it was talking about prolonged QT so I clicked on it and I read that some people who have prolonged qt have syndactyly. The combination of the two defects is rare and is called “Timothy’s Syndrome”. I of course read about Timothy’s Syndrome, and it said that the oldest living person to have Timothy’s Syndrome is 20 and that most die during childhood due to arrhythmia cased from prolonged qt. We never had genetic testing done when she was a baby, and now I am freaking out because I also read that prolonged qt doesn’t just go away that you might have times where you have a regular heart beat, but it’s always there. So I am going to make an appointment with the ped. and ask for a referral for genetic testing. I was just wondering if any of you could read about Timothy’s Syndrome and tell me if you think I read it right and that it says my baby will die.

A: I think you are freaking yourself out. There are no black and whites like that. Just see what your doctor says. Medicine is so advanced, that if it turns out she does have Timothy’s syndrome (which she probably doesn’t), there are things that can be done to help her.