Indeed he has been maintaining normal health and played cricket and volleyball. He never had any problems, said his father. Even Dilip was surprised when he got the news “ it never occurred to me that my heart may be on the other side. I am surprised how I never felt the need to check my heart beat by placing my palm on the chest. Funny, yes, but it is true” he said.
Only one in one lakh persons are found with this condition.
The doctors said it is a congenital finding and if not associated with other anomalies of heart like arterial vascular disease and venal vascular disease, patients can live a normal life. It is called Dextro Cardia
In the long run, respiratory complications may arise. Even in normal persons, the heart no doubt is located in the left region. But a part of it is turned towards the right, too. In Dilip’s case the contrary is true.
The doctors further said that the organs in the stomachs may also lie on the reverse side. in normal human being , the liver is on the right side and spleen on the left side, but in Dextro cardiac person , the opposite may happen.