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Rheumatic Heart disease results from a condition caused by Rheumatic fever. The fever is an inflammatory disease caused by strep throat or scarlet fever. The bacteria can sometimes make its way to the heart and damage the valves that keep blood from flowing backwards. If severe, it may require surgery to replace the valves. Valve replacement is easily done by heart surgeons.
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Has anybody with strep throat ever die?
Every year about 300,000 people die due to rheumatic heart disease. Rheumatic heart disease is direct result of strep throat. Worldwide about 15 million people are suffering due to rheumatic heart disease.
How are autoimmune and rheumatic diseases diagnosed?
Autoimmune and rheumatic diseases can be difficult to diagnose. People with the same disease can have very different symptoms. A helpful strategy in the diagnosis of these diseases is to find and identify an autoantibody in the person's blood
How many people die from strep throat in India?
About 50,000 people die every year in India due to rheumatic heart disease, which is direct sequel of strep throat.
How many people in the world died from rheamatic fever?
Rheumatic fever is a serious inflammatory disease that can develop after a streptococcal throat infection, primarily affecting children and adolescents. While exact global mortality figures are difficult to determine, the World Health Organization estimates that rheumatic heart disease, a major complication of rheumatic fever, leads to approximately 300,000 deaths annually. The disease is more prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, where access to healthcare and prevention measures may be limited.
What is differences between Rheumatoid disease and Rheumatic fever?
The difference between rheumatic fever and rheumatoid arthritis is that rheumatic fever affects the kidneys and heart and is typically caused by strep throat. Rheumatoid arthritis is arthritis.
How many people in the U.S. develop Sydenham's chorea?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 1%-3% of people with streptococcal throat infections develop acute rheumatic fever (ARF)
How does dutch elm disease effect people?
Dutch elm disease has no effect on human beings. However, it is massively devastating to many kinds of elm trees.
Who is at risk for infective endocarditis?
people who have had rheumatic fever, with its resulting scarring, or a congenital cause of heart malformation, may contract this disease when certain bacteria enter the bloodstream and become lodged in the heart.
Gravidocardia disease ralated to rheumatic heart disease?
people help others with disease all the time that is way they give money away do you ask your self i am so lucky to live imang all the one that don't get to live don't you fell bad about that i know i do. that is why i give my saveings to the people with disease and canser that i fell much better to help others you should try it it fells good .
Did people die from rheumatic fever in the civil war?
yes
What effect does flooding have on people?
People losing there houses and Losing there things, also people are killed and have disease's from the water.
What disease can get from the greenhouse effect?
No disease, but people die of heatstroke, sunstroke and heart and respiratory failure during heat waves.
