Congenital diseases and health care for patients with congenital diseases

Abstract

Introduction:Congenital anomalies are also known as congenital defects or malformations. They may appear as congenital structural or functional defects that occur during intrauterine life and can be identified before birth, at birth, or later in life. Among the most common anomalies reported by public health structures are: defects affecting the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal (including oral cavity), genital and nervous system. Purpose: It consists in identifying anomalies in pregnancy and caring for them by becoming familiar with the factors that may lead to the creation of these anomalies. To treat these anomalies in pregnancy and continue their treatment later. Preventing them when possible by diagnostic tests and analysis from the beginning of pregnancy.
Material and method: 1. To identify the factors that cause these anomalies. 2. Informing the patient about risk factors. 3. Prevention and screening of these anomalies through tests and analysis. 4. Care for these patients on the basis of a descriptive diagnosis. 5. Care and supervision of the emotional side of these patients, the way they experience this period.