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Whether you develop a cardiovascular disease or not, you must always remember that is can sometimes be hereditary. However if you smoke, drink, infilliated with drugs, etc. You are setting yourself up for failure. Being overweight doesn,t help either. You may be in danger of having a stroke if you experience numbness in one side of your arm or face or feel dizzy.
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∙ 7y agoRheumatic Heart disease has similar symptoms to other heart diseases, heart murmur with the defective valve impairment, abnormal rhythm or rate of pulse, weakness, weight loss, breathlessness.
Rheumatic heart disease is caused by rheumatic fever. During a rheumatic fever the heart can swell causing damage to valves and vessels. Heart problems can occur during the fever, or long after.
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∙ 10y agoHeart disease symptoms vary, depending on what type of heart disease you have. But if you have symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath, fainting, you should seek for emergency medical care.
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∙ 13y agoSymptoms of infective endocarditis include fever, a new or changing heart murmur, and abnormal loss of appetite or fatigue.
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When does rheumatic fever usually occur?
Just as strep throat occurs most frequently in fall, winter, and early spring, so does rheumatic fever.
What are some symptoms of rheumatic fever?
Some symptoms of rheumatic fever are having a fever along with painful and tender joints. You may also experience red hot swollen joints, chest pains, fatigue, shortness of breath, and outburst of unusual behaviors such as crying or inappropriate laughing.
What does rheumatic fever feel like?
Symptoms may include fatigue and fever, stomach pain, and vomiting. In about 75% of all cases of RF one of the first symptoms is arthritis.
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
What's Rheumatic fever?
Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that occurs following a Streptococcus pyogenes infection, such as streptococcal pharyngitis or scarlet fever.
what does Rheumatic fever do?
kill you.
Period of communicability of rheumatic fever?
The Rheumatic Fever is not communicable it can however be caught after being infected with the Streptococcal bacteria.
What does long term strep throat cause?
Untreated strep throat can cause rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.
Is rheumatic fever curable?
not a chance
Rheumatic fever which may cause heart damage may result from getting?
You can get Rheumatic fever from having a untreated strep throat
