URTI occurs again and again.

[jak999]

My daughter is two and half years old, she is suffering from TOF with absent pulmonary valve syndrome. Two times she suffered from pneumonia and most of the time from URTI. Yet surgical procedure not done to correct the disease. Please guide why this infections occurs most frequently in such type of patients and what is the solution?

[jak999]

Thank You Sir

[David Tinkelman, M.D.]

I cannot answer your question about why infections may occur more frequently and how to address it, in this limited space.  I suggest you visit this website for more information, including why, perhaps, your daughter’s particular form of TOF might not lend itself to heart surgery:  http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site515/mainpageS515P0.html

Good luck