Consider alternating the fruit juices you consume, as both grapefruit juice and orange juice provide more vitamin C per serving than cranberry juice. Eating fruits and vegetables including broccoli, red pepper, strawberries, kiwi, cauliflower, cantaloupe, mango and cabbage will also increase your vitamin C intake.
Infants and children with dilated cardiomyopathy most often present with signs of congestive heart failure. This is when the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs and there is a buildup of fluid in the body tissues and lungs. The heart also becomes congested with blood.
PVL is much more common in premature infants than in full-term infants. A major cause is thought to be changes in blood flow to the area around the ventricles of the brain. This area is fragile and prone to injury, especially before 32 weeks of gestation.