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What are the concerns with fluid around your unborn baby's heart?
Fluid around the fetal heart are a sign of a congenital heart defect. When fluid is found around the fetal heart, it is known as hydrops.
What does a leaky bicuspid value mean in relationship to having fluid around my heart?
since it does not close all the way, each time your heart beats some fluid goes the wrong way
What is fluid around the heart of fetus a sign of?
The baby is 14 wks in the womb. The ultrasound came back that the baby has fluid around the heart. No bladder is shown and no stomage what can be next.
What does the suffix centisis mean?
(medicine) Puncture and aspiration ofEx. The doctor performed a pericardiocentesis to remove the excess fluid from around the patient's heart.
What does it mean for a dog to have fluid around the heart?
Fluid around the heart is abnormal and can cause numerous problems. Owners often notice their dogs are not as active, get tired more easily and have a harder time adapting to heat. Depending upon the type of fluid, treatment can be pharmaceutical (such as antibiotics for infection), medical (such as pericaridocentesis to draw off the fluid) or surgical (such as removing a portion of the pericardial sac). It is important to have a full diagnostic work-up done on dogs with fluid around their hearts, as the cause of the fluid often determines the dog's prognosis.
What does it mean to have fluid in your lungs?
If one has fluid in their lungs it probably means they have Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). This is a problem in which the heart cannot pump blood to the other organs.
Tightness around ribcage?
Tightness around the ribcage can be caused by broken ribs, pulled or strained muscles, or fluid in or around the lung or heart.
The function of the fluid that fills the pericardial sac is to decrease what?
Friction around the heart and possible damage.
What does water do to your heart?
Water around the heart is also called a pericardial effusion. The pericardium is a sac that surrounds the heart. If this sac fills with fluid, a pericardial effusion, then the ability of the heart to contract normally is compromised.
What is Pericardial effusion?
Percardial effusion is when there is fluid around the heart. This is not a common aliment. This can also lead to medical complications and should be addressed.
What fluid is pumped by your heart?
ANSWER:The answer is very simple. Blood is the fluid that gets pumped by the heart.
What fluid reduces friction in the heart?
The pericardial fluid
