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Rheumatic heart disease is a serious resultant of rheumatic fever. Many health experts believe that it caused due to an autoimmune response of the body. However, the accurate pathogenesis is not known clearly. However, with improvements in the medical science, rheumatic fever and hence, rheumatic heart disease has come under control but is not abolished. But, in developing countries around the world, this disease still haunts many lives every year.More...
How Is Rheumatic Heart Disease Diagnosed ?
There are several procedures that are used in order to diagnose the rheumatic heart disease and each one of these procedure include several steps within them. The first step towards the diagnosis of the rheumatic heart disease includes the information regarding the fact that one has had the strep infection. The physician may try several tests in order to get the confirmation of all his or her doubts. These tests might include anything from throat culture or a blood test.More...
What Is Rheumatic Heart Disease ?
Rheumatic heart disease is the most complicated and feared consequence of rheumatic fever. So, it is important to know about rheumatic fever before trying to understand rheumatic heart disease. Rheumatic fever is borne out of streptococcal infection of the throat; a common bacterial infection caused by Group A Streptococcus bacteria.
This type of fever usually attacks children and also adults below the age of 50, residing in developing countries. Rheumatic heart disease is caused when the heart begins to get inflamed due to the rheumatic fever. More...