By damaging the valves or the walls of the heart chambers, endocarditis can interfere with the ability of the heart to do its job
This is called valvular endocarditis.
Anyone who was born with a defective heart valve, those with artificial (prosthetic) valves, or those who have had a valve scarred by rheumatic fever, should use prescribed antibiotics by mouth before and after a dental procedure.
Endocarditis is a lesion that forms on heart valves after being damaged by infection. It is the inflammation of the inner layer of the heart.
If a serious bacteria was on the needle or in the drug you could get gangrene. The worse scenario would be if you didn't miss and the bacteria went up your vein and latched on to your heart valve and got bacterial endocarditis. A bacteria that grows on your valve and eventually breaks off in pieces spreading throughout your body obstructing blood flow to your brain and limbs which could lead to a stroke. Your missed shot could go MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) which is NOT good at all. It could end fatally. It's a serious skin and soft tissue infection.
The inflammation of the outer layer of the heart is called epicarditis. Epi-means outer, cardi- means heart, and-itis means inflammation.
Endocarditis is the inflammation of the inside of the heart and its chambers.
Endocarditis is the inflammation of the inside of the heart and its chambers.
Endocarditis can cause Secondary vasculitis
Listerial endocarditis causes death in about half of the patients.
Listeria monocytogenes causes endocarditis in about 7.5% of the cases.
Endocarditis rarely occurs in people with healthy, normal hearts.
If not discovered and treated, infective endocarditis can permanently damage the heart muscle, especially the valves
You cannot catch Endocarditis. It is commonly found in people who have damaged , diseased or artificial heart valve.
This is called valvular endocarditis.
Yes. One of the most common ways to spread endocarditis is through the use of unclean needles.
Persons with endocarditis, four to six weeks.
You can get Endocarditis from shooting up bad heroin that has lots of bacteria in it. Also, sharing needles.