Patient's question:
Just a few days ago, I heard from a classmate that their child has pectus excavatum. I'm not very familiar with this disease, so I'd like to consult about what happens to children after they are diagnosed with pectus excavatum?Doctor's answer:
Children who experience recurrent pectus excavatum are primarily congenital, mainly affected by intergenerational genetic factors. Generally, in the infant stage, the clinical symptoms of pectus excavatum are not very clear, only mild rib curvature may appear. As the age increases, the clinical symptoms of patients with pectus excavatum become increasingly prominent, such as recurrent respiratory difficulties, palpitations, shortness of breath, etc. In addition, many patients frequently suffer from respiratory infections.