The American Heart Association on Tuesday released new recommendations to help women reduce the risk of giving birth to an infant with heart disease, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, AHA estimates that nine out of 1,000 infants in the U.S. will have some form of congenital heart disorder. Congenital cardiovascular defects are the most common birth defects, Reuters reports (Reuters, 5/22).The recommendations, published online Tuesday in the journal Circulation, include:
Speaking to physicians about good care before conceiving and giving birth;
Taking daily multivitamins containing 400 micrograms of folic acid or a folic acid supplement;
Being screened for diabetes, rubella and measles;
Reviewing the use of medications, including over-the-counter drugs, with a doctor; and
Avoiding contact with people who have the flu or other fever-related illnesses. The recommendations are a "new way of thinking and a positive vision of how prospective mothers can influence and protect a child from being born with a heart defect," Kathy Jenkins -- senior associate in cardiology at Children's Hospital Boston and an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School -- said (CBC News, 5/22). She added, "These are specific recommendations aimed at people who want to reduce their risk of having a baby with a heart defect." According to AHA, the new guidelines can be applied even before a woman becomes pregnant (Reuters, 5/22).
The guidelines are available online.
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