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Rheumatic fever which may cause heart damage may result from getting?
You can get Rheumatic fever from having a untreated strep throat
How does rheumatic fever attack the body?
It does serious damage to the valves in the Heart.
Which organ of the body often damage permanently by rheumatic fever?
Heart
What is the scientific name of rheumatic fever?
The scientific name for rheumatic fever is acute rheumatic fever.
What kind of fever may lead to a permanent heart damage?
rheumatic fever..it may lead to rheumatic heart disease (RHD)..:))just google about it..:))hope this helps..:D:D
What is the cardiac damage resulting from a delayed inflammatory response to streptococcal infection?
You get acute rheumatic fever after about three weeks of acute streptococcal pharyngitis. In rheumatic fever, you get inflamed joints and heart valves involvement. Usually the mitral and aortic valves are affected in rheumatic fever.
How can you prevent rheumatic fever?
You cant prevent rheumatic fever,because you get Rheumatic Fever by frequent Strep Throat Infections.So the best way to prevent Rheumatic Fever would be preventing Strep Throat Infections. :) hope that helps! :)))) this website heps lots! : http://www.mayoclinic.org/rheumatic-fever/treatment.html
Can you prevent Rheumatic fever?
You cant prevent rheumatic fever,because you get Rheumatic Fever by frequent Strep Throat Infections.So the best way to prevent Rheumatic Fever would be preventing Strep Throat Infections. :) hope that helps! :)))) this website heps lots! : http://www.mayoclinic.org/rheumatic-fever/treatment.html
Is rheumatic fever contagious?
No, it is not. See: http://www.mayoclinic.org/rheumatic-fever/risks.html
How many victims are there to streptococcus scarlet fever?
Rheumatic fever most commonly affects the mitral valve. Next is aortic valve. Other valves are less commonly and / or less affected. The degree of damage is very much less after the first attack. If you put the child on long term injection benzathine penicillin, practically there is no damage to the heart valves. After repeated bouts of rheumatic fever the valve get progressively damaged. This little damage can also be prevented by judicious use of corticosteroids, probably. With repead attacks of rheumatic fever, the heart valves get badly damaged and need very expensive and unnecessary valve replacement surgery.
What are some risks of strep throat?
Main risk of getting the rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Next of getting acute glomerulonephritis. Streptococcus pyogenes can give you scarlet fever, impetigo, acute necrotizing fascitis, toxic shock syndrome and septicemia.
what does Rheumatic fever do?
kill you.
