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Rheumatic Heart Disease
Rheumatic heart disease is often found in groups of children to young adults. The disease is characterized by abnormalities of heart valves, can be a constriction and leakage.
Patients with this disease are easily recognizable because of the appearance of the body that seems pale, bluish hands or lips. Patients easily gasping breath and shortness of breath for walking or light activity though. Because of these limitations, patients with rheumatic heart so often a child who seemed quiet.
Rheumatic heart disease begins with inflammation / infection of the throat by a beta hemolytic streptococcus bacteria. Then the poison that brought these germs spread through the bloodstream and cause inflammation of the heart valves. Heart valve or valves having adhesions so narrowed or thickened and contract, so that when the valve closes again imperfect and leak. Do not underestimate a sore throat due to infection, because it could be threatening rheumatic heart you.
Acute rheumatic fever is characterized by prolonged fever, heart pounding, sometimes tired and shortness of breath when the heart is impaired, joint pain that moved around, reddish spots on the skin are bounded, irregular hand movements and uncontrollable, or small lumps-minor under the skin.
Rheumatic heart disease will be more easily treated if quickly known, so that leakage of the heart does not / has not happened. If the initial symptoms of rheumatic fever can be detected early and there have been no significant valve defects, then treatment is adequate, it can be cured without defect. But when it happens valve severe disability, usually can not recover.
Severe leakage will affect the work of the heart muscle and cause heart muscle to thicken. Patients with rheumatic heart would quickly complain of fatigue or shortness in mild activity. In severe conditions it operated closure valve / heart valve to be done.
Rheumatic heart disease is often found in groups of children to young adults. The disease is characterized by abnormalities of heart valves, can be a constriction and leakage.
Patients with this disease are easily recognizable because of the appearance of the body that seems pale, bluish hands or lips. Patients easily gasping breath and shortness of breath for walking or light activity though. Because of these limitations, patients with rheumatic heart so often a child who seemed quiet.
Rheumatic heart disease begins with inflammation / infection of the throat by a beta hemolytic streptococcus bacteria. Then the poison that brought these germs spread through the bloodstream and cause inflammation of the heart valves. Heart valve or valves having adhesions so narrowed or thickened and contract, so that when the valve closes again imperfect and leak. Do not underestimate a sore throat due to infection, because it could be threatening rheumatic heart you.
Acute rheumatic fever is characterized by prolonged fever, heart pounding, sometimes tired and shortness of breath when the heart is impaired, joint pain that moved around, reddish spots on the skin are bounded, irregular hand movements and uncontrollable, or small lumps-minor under the skin.
Rheumatic heart disease will be more easily treated if quickly known, so that leakage of the heart does not / has not happened. If the initial symptoms of rheumatic fever can be detected early and there have been no significant valve defects, then treatment is adequate, it can be cured without defect. But when it happens valve severe disability, usually can not recover.
Severe leakage will affect the work of the heart muscle and cause heart muscle to thicken. Patients with rheumatic heart would quickly complain of fatigue or shortness in mild activity. In severe conditions it operated closure valve / heart valve to be done.