Rheumatic Fever is an uncommon disease, but it could be life-threatening if not treated on time. It usually starts with group A streptococcus bacteria causing strep-throat, and as time goes by, it can cause the worst joint and muscle pains, weaken the valves of the heart and may subsequently lead to a heart failure or a temporary nervous disorder called 'Sydenham's Chorea.' The patient then gets shaky with involuntary movements of the body. It usually affects one of the two sides of the body and sometimes to such an extent that one may end up having emotional outbursts as crying or laughing all of a sudden and inappropriately.
Rheumatic Fever is an uncommon disease, but it could be life-threatening if not treated on time. It usually starts with group A streptococcus bacteria causing strep-throat, and as time goes by, it can cause the worst joint and muscle pains, weaken the valves of the heart and may subsequently lead to a heart failure or a temporary nervous disorder called 'Sydenham's Chorea.' The patient then gets shaky with involuntary movements of the body. It usually affects one of the two sides of the body and sometimes to such an extent that one may end up having emotional outbursts as crying or laughing all of a sudden and inappropriately.
Rheumatic Fever is, in fact, the worst-case scenario of strep throat caused by a bacterium called Group A streptococcus which contains the same protein as in the body's tissues. Eventually, this causes confusion for the immune system and the antibodies attack body's own tissues. It starts with the joints first and finally attacks the heart. At one point, it gets increasingly harder for the heart to pump blood to the circulatory system and this tends to add chest pain as well as make the body weaker.
Few tips for management of rheumatic fever:
Rheumatic Fever is, in fact, the worst-case scenario of strep throat caused by a bacterium called Group A streptococcus which contains the same protein as in the body's tissues. Eventually, this causes confusion for the immune system and the antibodies attack body's own tissues. It starts with the joints first and finally attacks the heart. At one point, it gets increasingly harder for the heart to pump blood to the circulatory system and this tends to add chest pain as well as make the body weaker.
Few tips for management of rheumatic fever: