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Rheumatic fever prevention 16 May 2012 | 05:38 am
Primary prevention Avoid overcrowded housing and inadequate hygiene infrastructure for prevention of streptococcal infection. Timely and complete treatment of sore throat by group A streptococcal...
What is rheumatic fever 10 Apr 2012 | 11:05 am
Rheumatic fever is a systemic inflammatory disease of autoimmune origin, affecting mainly children and young adults. Rheumatic fever occurs after infection of pharynx (infection of pharynx is called p...
Aortic regurgitation 31 Mar 2012 | 11:17 pm
Causes of aortic regurgitation Rheumatic heart disease Infective endocarditis Trauma to aortic valve Dilation of root of aorta (causes are Marfan’s syndrome,aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, syp...
Aortic stenosis 29 Mar 2012 | 08:14 pm
Aortic valve is the second most frequently affected by rheumatic fever, and commonly both the aortic valve and mitral valve are affected. Significant aortic stenosis develops slowly in rheumatic valvu...
Mitral regurgitation 29 Mar 2012 | 07:19 am
Rheumatic valvular heart disease is the principal cause of mitral regurgitation.In the heart the normal flow of blood is from left atrium to left ventricle. But in mitral regurgitation blood regurgita...
Mitral stenosis 29 Mar 2012 | 06:56 am
In mitral stenosis , the mitral valve orifice is slowly diminished by progressive fibrosis, calcification of the valve leaflets, fusion of the cusps of the valve and subvalvular apparatus. The flow of...
Rheumatic heart disease 25 Mar 2012 | 06:32 am
In rheumatic heart disease the heart valves are predominantly affected but pericardium and myocardium may also affect. The mitrat valve of heart is attacked in 75-80% of cases, the aortic valve of hea...
Rheumatic fever treatment 24 Mar 2012 | 07:04 am
1) Bed rest Strict bed rest is necessary because it reduces joint pain and cardiac workload. The duration of bed rest should be continued until the temperature returns to normal and the ESR, resti...
Rheumatic fever diagnosis 24 Mar 2012 | 12:13 am
Rheumatic fever is diagnosed by Jones criteria. The diagnostic criteria first described by Jones were updated in 1992 Jones criteria are A) Major criteria Carditis Polyarthritis Sydenham chorea ...
Rheumatic fever symptoms 23 Mar 2012 | 07:54 am
Symptoms and signs of rheumatic fever usually occur 2-3 weeks after the initial attack of sore throat due to pharyngitis by group A streptococcal infection. Sometimes the patient may give no history o...
