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Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease which may develop after a Group A streptococcal infection and can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain. It commonly appears in children ages 6 through 15.Rheumatic fever is common worldwide and responsible for many cases of damaged heart valves. In the Western countries, it became fairly rare since the 1960s, probably due to widespread use of antibiotics to treat streptococcus infections. While it...


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Is it possible to have a cholecystectomy if you have a rheumatic heart disease? What...
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It would all depend upon the condition of your brother's heart at the time of his surgery. His surgeons would have to make the decision on the grounds of whether...

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Difference between rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease?
I think that rheumatic heart disease is complication of rheumatic fever, but not so much...

Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease which may develop after a Group A streptococcal infection (such as strep throat or scarlet fever) and can involve the heart, joints, skin, and...

Asked by Dr Khan - 19 months ago

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    )? I'm also worried na baka may rheumatic heart disease na ako, bka bumaba na yung bacteria.. huhuhu.. to rheumatic heart disease po un sabe nung doctor po sa akin as of know...

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    with congenital / rheumatic heart disease... This coming 1st of Jan., she have an cardiology follow-up check up in her heart to check if the two holes in her heart (in septum and aorta) close by itself

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    Treating Rheumatic fever with Garlic Extract.

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    Treating Bursitis with Celery Leaf

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