Rheumatic fever

Rheumatic Fever
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(rmt´k), systemic inflammatory disease, extremely variable in its manifestation, severity, duration, and aftereffects.
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Rheumatic fever is a delayed, autoimmune reaction to the streptococcus bacteria. It can be prevented with prompt diagnosis of strep throat, and treatment of strep throat with antibiotics.
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Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease which may develop after an infection with streptococcus bacteria (such as strep throat or scarlet fever) and can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain.
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Rheumatic fever may appear in several different forms. Sydenham's chorea is one of five "major criteria" for the diagnosis of rheumatic fever. There are also four "minor criteria" and two types of laboratory tests associated with the disease.
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Rheumatic Fever
A bout of streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat) may, in rare instances, lead to rheumatic fever.
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Rheumatic fever is a bacterial infection caused by the streptococcal organism. This germ also causes strep throat. Sydenham chorea is a disorder that occurs weeks after the body is infected by these bacteria.
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rheumatic fever
post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis after strep throat or streptococcal skin infections
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Rheumatic fever - Rheumatic fever, an inflammatory condition that sometimes occurs after a streptococcal infection, can cause pleurisy, as well as inflammation of the heart and joints.
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Rheumatic fever
A bacterial infection that often causes heart inflammation.
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Rheumatic fever (which see) frequently follows scarlet fever, and this sometimes results in inflammation of the lining membranes and valves of the heart.
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In the past, rheumatic fever was a common cause of aortic stenosis.
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In the UK aortic valve stenosis is the most common heart valve disorder requiring valve replacement.
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Rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever — a complication of strep throat and a once-common childhood illness in the United States — can damage heart valves. Rheumatic fever may result in scar tissue forming on the aortic valve.
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The most common of these is rheumatic fever, which is a complication of untreated strep throat infections. The valve fails to close properly, and blood can flow back to the right atrium from the right ventricle, and from there back into the veins.
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Rheumatic heart disease: Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating with heart drugs as needed.
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The most common cause for mitral regurgitation is rheumatic fever. Other causes include: myocardial infarction, massive calcification of the mitral annulus (in the elderly), lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, infectious endocarditis, ...
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A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment designed and used to prevent a disease from occurring. For example, prophylactic antibiotics may be used after a bout of rheumatic fever to prevent the subsequent development of Sydenham's chorea.
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Sometimes, however, the symptoms of strep throat are mild, and the infection escapes detection. Left untreated, a strep infection can lead to rheumatic fever.
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Clients with a history of heart murmurs or rheumatic fever usually do not need antibiotic prophylaxis; however, if this decision is unclear, medical consultation is appropriate.
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heart muscle damage caused by coronary artery disease
damaged or overworked heart valves resulting from illnesses such as rheumatic fever, or from heart attacks, infective endocarditis, or other problems.
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