A child is suffereing from cardiac myopathy and she is given 24 hours medicne injected (connected to machine)D
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Cardiomyopathy is a chronic and sometimes progressive disease in which the heart muscle (myocardium), is abnormally enlarged, thickened and/or stiffened. The condition typically begins in the walls of the heart's lower chambers (ventricles), and in more severe cases also affects the walls of the upper chambers (atria). The actual muscle cells as well as the surrounding tissues of the heart become damaged. Eventually, the weakened heart loses the ability to pump blood effectively and heart failure or irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias or dysrhythmia) may occur. \n\nThe medication that she is being given is probably being used to help the heart contract or function better.   The medication being given by machine is just to make sure it isn't given too quickly because of how small your child is.\n\nIt is likely she will need some sort of medication the rest of her life.  If she is a candidate for a heart transplant, she will still need to be on some sort of medication the rest of her life.\n\nYou need to speak to your daughters Pediatrian or Cardiac Doctor if you have questions.  This site can't address these questions as well as he/she could for you.
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I would strongly recommend that you contact the medical board about this.  If she is interfering with medication of patients she works with, it could have potentially fatal effects.  This is irresponsible at best, and criminal at worst.  A nurse is not a doctor and does not determine treatment of patients on her own, nor should she go against the doctor's orders.  While she may think in her own mind that she knows best, she is wrong.  Please report her to the medical board; they will investigate the complaint.  \n\nI am sorry that she took it upon herself to alter your son's medication.  I can only imagine what she is doing to other patients who don't have a sharp minded mother looking out for them.
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This is a very uncommon situation, since it deals with a 21 year old male..\nHe does need to get help before it is too late..\nThis can ultimatly lead to heart failure and shut down of all of his other vital organs..\nI guess you could all just sit down together and hold a support meeting, point out the issue and let it be known its not a secret and let him know why you all care..\nSuggest he get help, if not your parents might have to get a lawyer and bring up his welfare is at stake and get him put into treatment..\nThis is going to be a long hard road ahead..\ni wish you the best of luck and my prayers are with you..
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Take her to the pediatrician ASAP. This could indicate a serious endochrine problem.
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take her to the doctor.
551700
you're such a nice person. hurry! donate it to the hospital because someone might be needing it right now.
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Once formed, it can break off at any time...it's only a matter of moments for it to travel to the heart or lungs.  She did the right thing by going to the hospital.
100243
Yes, this boy should go to a doctor right away...\nHe can lose the use of limbs and body parts can actually come off because they will die in the process...\nHurry and get this poor child to a doctor...
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http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/30002709/
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i am not a doctor, but i would say you should Not.  call Patient First near you, or a hospital or some kind of nurse helpline and ask a nurse.  Or you could even call the poison control number and ask before giving the medicine to your child.
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i can only imagine a child doing this if this is so get medical help urgently
186341
Give them IV fluids. Elevate thier legs.
134338
This is really too serious a situation to ask on this service. Please ask your doctor.
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I am not a med student but I have a st jude pacemaker. Are you having problems with your equip? I have had to have my wires replaced twice and now the new set is fractured, I clotted the first time so my cardiologist says that when he changes them he will have to open my chest and put me on the by-pass machine so that he won't disturb any of the clotted area.....I' m really worried about it.
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Immediately let the sender know so they can send you another one. Also call 911.  You need medical attention NOW.
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I think you should go to the hospital were they get treated or call the facility and ask them that question. :)
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I wish I could give you a positive view on this, but i can't. some babies are born with disorders, and you probably won't know more about what is going on until the further testing is done. my nephew had siezures when he was a newborn and he is fine now, no learning disorders or anything. So its not always life threatening. but they already detected a problem in the brain, so the baby might have a learning problem. But odds are if it was life threatening, the baby wouldn't of made it to delivery. plus in time the problem could correct itsself. babies do that. I was born with a hole in my heart,and a collapsed lung and my heart healed itsself, so did my lung..point being, it could take care of itsself. where the baby is right now is the best way to know for sure. After the doctors are done, they will let you know what to expect. babies can have silent seizures too which would explain why she stopped moving. my son had one when he was 14 months old, and it took him 6 hours to twitch a finger, his also lasted 15 minutes long not the usual 30 seconds to a minute and a half. Its scary to have to go thru what you are going thru right now, try to stay strong for everyone and hope for the best. sorry I couldn't give you the magic answer. but I figured i would share my experiences with it in hopes that it would help put your mind at ease a little. try to think positive even though at times its hard to do..