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.
Serious heart defects usually become evident within a few days, weeks or months of life. The most common signs and symptoms in newborns include: 1  A heart murmur. 2  A bluish tint to skin, lips and fingernails (âblue babyâ). 3  Fast breathing/shortness of breath. 4  Poor feeding in infants because they tire easily while nursing. 5  Poor weight gain in infants.