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Carditis (card = heart + itis = inflammation of) is a general term for an area of the heart that exhibits swelling, heat, redness and irritability.
It is typically caused by bacteria traveling in the bloodstream and attaching to the tissue of the heart. Common symptoms include fatigue, coughing, chest pain, chills, and shortness of breath, a person may notice swelling in the hands and feet and blood in the urine.
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An inflammation of the muscle tissue of the heart is called carditis, or myocarditis. I hope that your new medication regime relieves your carditis.
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Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis.
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i don't know when the disease been spread that why I'm asking
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Yes, absolutely rheumatic fever can reoccur. However, in the United states today, rheumatic fever is pretty rare because we treat strep throat pretty aggressively in order to prevent the complication of rheumatic fever.
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Alpha-hemolytic strep is one class of streptococcus bacteria that does cause infective carditis (IE). Viridans Streptococcus, a specific strain of Alpha-hemolytic streptococcus is a cause of IE.
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