Patients with this disease are
easily recognizable because of the appearance of the body that seems pale,
bluish hands or lips. Patients easily gasping breath and shortness of breath
for walking or light activity though. Because of these limitations, patients
with rheumatic heart so often a child who seemed quiet.
Rheumatic heart disease begins with
inflammation / infection of the throat by a beta hemolytic streptococcus
bacteria. Then the poison that brought these germs spread through the
bloodstream and cause inflammation of the heart valves. Heart valve or valves
having adhesions so narrowed or thickened and contract, so that when the valve
closes again imperfect and leak. Do not underestimate a sore throat due to
infection, because it could be threatening rheumatic heart you.
Acute rheumatic fever is
characterized by prolonged fever, heart pounding, sometimes tired and shortness
of breath when the heart is impaired, joint pain that moved around, reddish
spots on the skin are bounded, irregular hand movements and uncontrollable, or
small lumps-minor under the skin.
Rheumatic heart disease will be more
easily treated if quickly known, so that leakage of the heart does not / has
not happened. If the initial symptoms of rheumatic fever can be detected early
and there have been no significant valve defects, then treatment is adequate,
it can be cured without defect. But when it happens valve severe disability,
usually can not recover.
Severe leakage will affect the work
of the heart muscle and cause heart muscle to thicken. Patients with rheumatic
heart would quickly complain of fatigue or shortness in mild activity. In
severe conditions it operated closure valve / heart valve to be done.
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