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What part of the body does rheumatic fever?
It affects the heart and all the joints in your body
What is an Aschoff body?
An Aschoff body is a painless nodule found in rheumatic fever.
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
Rheumatic fever how does it attack or spreads?
Rheumatic fever is caused by an abnormal immune response to a Streptococcus bacteria infection, usually strep throat. The immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues in the body, particularly the heart, joints, skin, and brain. It does not spread from person to person like an infection, but develops in individuals who are genetically predisposed and have had inadequate treatment for strep throat.
Why does rheumatic fever affect only heart throat and joints?
Rheumatic fever does not affect throat. It does affect heart and joint. This happens probably because the antibodies formed against the beta haemolytic streptococci also attack the heart valves and the joints. Probably they have similarity with the antigen of bacteria.
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.
Why would rheumatic fever affect the heart?
Rheumatic fever can affect the heart due to an autoimmune response triggered by a streptococcal throat infection. The body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own tissues, particularly the heart valves and muscle, leading to inflammation known as rheumatic heart disease. This damage can cause long-term complications, including valvular heart disease and heart failure, due to scarring and dysfunction of the heart structures. Early treatment of strep throat is crucial to prevent rheumatic fever and its cardiac complications.
What body part does the measles affect?
measles-measles mainly affects the skin on your body where a blotchy red rash appears, it also affects your immune system and you get a cough, runny nose and a fever.
What type of pathogen is rheumatic fever?
Rheumatic fever is actually your body's severe inflammatory reaction. It is first caused by an infection with Streptococcus bacteria. it's kind of a late complication, so that even with treatment with antibiotics, the heart is often damaged, and you may still have joint pains, etc.
What causes acute Rheumatic fever?
Well, darling, acute Rheumatic fever is caused by an untreated streptococcal infection, usually a sore throat or strep throat. When your immune system decides to go all rogue and attack your own tissues, that's when the fun begins. So, remember to take care of those pesky sore throats before they turn into a full-blown fever party in your body.
Discuss how rheumatic fever can cause damage to the AV valve?
protein antibodies produced to defend the body against streptococcus bacteria
