Does anyone know a homemade remedy for rheumatic fever?

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My brother suffers from this fever and i was wondering of there was any homemade remedy that could help.
He needs to get to a doctor.  (+ info)

If you had rheumatic fever what is the chances of rehumatic heart disease?

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I know that it can sometimes take 10 years to find out if there is damage to the heart from rehumatic fever. But is there anykind of statistics or numbers that show the likely hood of damage to the heart? linkz it you have them
Actually, there are not too many people who have rheumatic fever these days. But for those who have had it, it is a good idea to try to stick with the same physician, Keep good medical records that you can take with you if you move, and get regular check ups. The thing about rheumatic fever is that it can do a lot of damage to your heart valves. If you start out with a small murmur, they will monitor you. If it gets louder, they will order an echocardiogram to determine if your valve is beginning to fail. Catching the valve before it enlarges the chambers of your heart is crucial. They can fix it then. All of this is, of course, if you are one of the people whose rheumatic fever caused an issue with their heart. I believe it depends on the severity of the disease and the treatment of it. So don't panic. Just get the check ups, if the dr. says you have a murmur, ask for an echo. Good luck.  (+ info)

Can having rheumatic fever as a boy cause a man to be sterile?

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The treatment was with steroids, just thought maybe that could be factor.
hmmmmm - never heard that

BUT - I either had rheumatic fever or JV rheumatoid arthritis
and my count was too low to have kids

now divorced and over 50 - but that is very interesting

all the best  (+ info)

I had rheumatic fever at the age of 9 in 1959. What long-term effects can I expect?

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I led a normal life, with some rrestrictions, ever since. I played 2 years of high school football and served 4 years in the Navy.
Rheumatic fever can involve the heart at the time of the infection but it doesn't always. Long term damage would typically involve the heart valves and began to become evident about 20 years after the acute problem. If you are healthy, have no cardiac symptoms and your doctor has detected no heart murmurs or valvular problems chances are good that you are home free.  (+ info)

How long till rheumatic fever damages the heart?

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How long does it take from the time of the initial strep infection (the sore throat) till the continuing infection causes significant damage to the heart?
There is no exact answer to this, since the manifestation of rheumatic fever varies from case to case, with some patients showing a high rate of disease manifestation during the infection while some patients manifest the rheumatic fever symptoms way later after the infection even receded. In any case, two factors that contribute to the manifestation of the disease itself is the release of antigenic proteins of the Streptococcus organism (most likely Streptococcus pyogenes) and the antibodies released by our immune system to the antigens.

The antigen (M protein if I recall correctly) released by the bacterium mimics the endocardial protein of the heart, which can be recognized by our immune system, whereupon antibodies are made for these antigens. There is no problem, at least to some degree, when the antibodies to the antigenic proteins are perform opsonization in the bloodstream; autoimmune disease, however, results in the case where our antibodies cross-over to the endocardium of our heart (since the antigenic proteins and the endocardial proteins are similar), causing damage within the heart itself.

You probably know the sequence of events for the pathogenesis of rheumatic fever...the kinetics, however, which you inquire is varied in a lot of ways, since antigenic proteins could or could not be released by the bacterium, which could depend on a number of factors; the same thing with the anti-bodies...our immune system is efficient enough not to release antibodies that would damage our own cells/tissues (recognizing "self" from "non-self" as one hallmark of the immune system).

Also, some rheumatic fever cases vary in their own degrees as well, since some have greater damage than the other, but they are all dependent on the chemical factors that are involved in the disease.

Hope this helps in some way!  (+ info)

How to distinguish Rheumatic fever from Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome ?

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Also what other diseases have these symptoms?
-Sharp parn in heart area
-Breathlees
-Nosebleed
Go to the hospital if you have these symptoms.
An echo or ecg can help diagnose it.  (+ info)

Difference between rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease?

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I think that rheumatic heart disease is complication of rheumatic fever, but not so much clear about these 2 terms.

If someone has rheumatic fever, and gets any heart valvular lesion so after 10-12 years he doesnt have fever but has heartvalvular problem so will this be called as the rheumatic heart disease,

and if some patient 20 yrs old presents withbreathlessness for 5-6 yrs, on echo there is MR,MS, so how we know it was due to rheumatic fever in his childhood? Help needed for these scenerios Thanks
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 brain.

Rheumatic (roo-MAT'ik) heart disease is a condition in which the heart valves are damaged by rheumatic fever.

Check out the websites below for more detailed information, and for help with your scenarios.  (+ info)

How are rheumatic fever, streptococcal pharyngitis, and an anaphylactoid reaction related?

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An infection of the throat (pharynx) by steptococcus pneumoniae gives you steptococal pharyngitis, or strep throat.

Unfortunately, a particular streptococcus variant has a surface antigen that "looks" a lot like surface proteins located in the heart muscle and heart valves. If a step infection goes untreated by antibiotics, the body will make antibodies against this surface antigen.

Consequently, these antibodies can turn against the structures in the heart and heart valves. In severe cases, the heart and it's valves can be damaged.

Additionally, a body-wide rash can develop, also as a result of antibody function, giving rise to the term 'scarlet fever'.

Bottom line? Treat streptococcal infections promptly.

And anaphylactoid reaction? Not sure of the connection.  (+ info)

can rheumatic fever be a disease that affect to dogs?

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I will adopt a small dog whose owner suffers of rheumatic fever and I scared to catch the disease.
It is caused by Group A streptococcal infection (scarlet fever). It is an inflammation of either the heart, joints, skin, and brain and sometimes is seen in more than one body part. I am not sure if dogs are immune to Strep A, but a good bath should rid it of any of the germs.

Before you get rheumatic fever you get a sore throat that lasts a couple weeks. If you treat it with antibiotics it clears up and doesn't turn into the fever.

My advice... make a phone call and ask a vet for advice and follow his or her advice very carefully as rheumatic fever is serious business and does some severe damage to the body which is generally permanent and in some cases results in death.  (+ info)

How many people fall victim to rheumatic fever?

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and on a scale to 1 to 10 how dangerous is it
Rheumatic fever is not common, but over three million people in America fall victim to it each year.

Incidence (annual) of Rheumatic fever: 12 per 1000 (NHIS95)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 83 or 1.20% or 3.3 million people in USA
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Rheumatic fever: 3,264,000 per year, 272,000 per month, 62,769 per week, 8,942 per day, 372 per hour, 6 per minute.

How dangerous it is depends upon the patient, and how severly the react to the disease.  (+ info)

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