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Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
I asked a question on another community and they suggested that I ask it on this community. My grandson is 12 years old and has had mental issues for some time. He sees a physiatrist and she got him into a program to get him off several medications slowly and then start them back one at a time to see what worked. Part of their admission was to do an EKG and they called his mother and said that it showed Right Ventricular Hypertrophy. He is going to see a pediatric cardiologist. I was wondering is some of his learning problems might be from this. Anybody that can give me any answers would be appreciated.
Right ventrical hypertrophy is not so much a disease as a symptom from an underlying disease.
The right ventricle can get thickened because it has to work too hard. This can have various causes, like a ventricular septal defect, valve problems etc.
His cardiologist will run some tests to find out the real cause.
I do not see a direct link between his RVH and his learning problems.
If he is not feeling well though from whatever it turns out to be, I guess that could be a distraction from learning?
The right ventricle can get thickened because it has to work too hard. This can have various causes, like a ventricular septal defect, valve problems etc.
His cardiologist will run some tests to find out the real cause.
I do not see a direct link between his RVH and his learning problems.
If he is not feeling well though from whatever it turns out to be, I guess that could be a distraction from learning?
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