plz help!

[ilovejesus95]

I have a friend ,he's 17 he told me that he felt he's not breathing well lately, he went to the doctor and he told him that he should have an open heart surgery, is that possible for someone in his age?

[ilovejesus95]

He went to another doctor and he told him that his heart is fine and he just needs some fresh air and to stay away from chocolates and sugars in general and i don't actually know who should i believe because that's the kind of doctors we have over here in Egypt, u can go to 10 doctors and each one will tell smth different!

[grendslori]

Babies even a day old sometimes need open-heart-surgery, my own daughter went through this at the age of eight. Your friend probably has a hole in his heart that needs to be closed, as it has not closed on it's own. Blocked arteries are actually corrected with CLOSED-heart-surgery as the heart itself is not opened

[ilovejesus95]

He told me that the doctor said that he has a problem concerning his arteries so i guess he means a blockage in his arteries otherwise why would he have told him that he needs an open heart but i guess that's all. Btw his mum had an open heart surgery a few years ago also

[Smiley2000]

Hi there,

You enable us to really help you with regards to your friend's health, you need to give us more details.  Does he have an ASD - hole in the heart?  or a severely leaking aortic valve?  congenital defect?  Did he have some tests done by a Cardiologist?