Question 1

is it possible to have surgery if you have a rheumatic heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Yes : Sometimes one would need to have a damaged valve repaired or replaced.

Question 2

i have rheumatic heart disease and venous insufficiency. what are my options?

Accepted Answer

Multiple: See your cardiologist about the heart issue and then a vascular surgeon about the venous insufficiency. There are many options with venous insufficiency. The available optons depend upon the underlying pathology.

Question 3

i have rheumatic heart disease and some venous insufficiency; are there single drugs that treat both?

Accepted Answer

2:1 Drug Rx: These are two different disease processes. Venous insufficiency is treated most often without medication but with compression. With your ra, you may feel uncomfortable with the compression that may require some compromise (a palliative approach) between yourself and your clinician.

Question 4

i am 24 years old and suffer from rheumatic heart disease since childhood and was treated, but he returned again 4 years ago and it tires me so much, ?

Accepted Answer

Rheumatic heart dise: Valve replacement--- might be the answer. Consult a cardiologist and cardiac surgeon.

Question 5

who gets rheumatic heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Rheumatic fever : People who get acute rheumatic fever secondary to streptococcal pharyngitis are the recipients of rheumatic heart disease.  During ARF patients get pancarditis, an inflammatory process which involves all layers of the heart tissues and which can produce differing degrees of permanent damage.

Question 6

what does rheumatic heart disease mean?

Accepted Answer

Heart valve problem: Rheumatic heart disease is when antibodies (originally produced against untreated strep infections) attack heart proteins, which usually causes problems with the heart valves, like mitral regurgitation. It can also predispose you for other bacteria growing on the heart valves, so people with rheumatic heart disease must get antibiotics before receiving any dental surgery.

Question 7

is methathione ok with rheumatic heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Why?: It should not necessarily influence rheumatic heart disease one way or the other.  The question is why are you taking this natural amino acid?  Is this a dietary supplement, or do you know something about it that most doctors do not?

Question 8

what are the tests for rheumatic heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Rheumatic heart : After diagnosis for rheumatic fever then over time can develop rheumatic heart disease.  It usually develops many years after the initial diagnosis and affects individuals in the 5th or 6th decade of life.  Valvular disease is best followed by regular echos or ultrasounds of the heart.

Question 9

what is most likely to cause rheumatic heart disease?

Accepted Answer

Bacterial infection: Rheumatic heart disease is a complication of a pharyngeal infection with streptococcus (strep throat). It is rare in developed countries due to the wide availability of antibiotics and better hygeine.

Question 10

how long do people with rheumatic heart disease live?

Accepted Answer

Long: In this day and age we have so many options for medical and surgical treatment with even more technologies coming. I would bet that life expectancy would be pretty close to someone without rheumatic heart disease.

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I am 24 years old and suffer from rheumatic heart disease since childhood and was treated, but he returned again 4 years ago and it tires me so much, ?

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Who gets rheumatic heart disease?

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Is methathione ok with rheumatic heart disease?

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