PPT-Rheumatic heart disease

How to prevent 1 Training Program for Healthcare Workers Nurses Clinical Officers Pharmacists etc What is rheumatic heart disease 2 Rheumatic heart disease is also called RHD RHD is a chronic heart problem . RHEUMATIC FEVER. Acute, recurrent inflammatory disease . in children 5-15 yrs old (rarely adults). Characterized by inflammatory changes in the fibrous tissue of different organs mainly the heart and joints.. . THROATS. HURTING HEARTS. Rheumatic Fever. . is a serious illness . caused by a sore throat (strep throat). is an inflammatory disease that causes . the brain . and joints to become inflamed and swollen. DIAGNOSIS. Staff Conference. Cherie Marie A. . Tecson. , M.D.. 18 July 2008. R.C.. General Data. 9 year old male. Filipino. Roman Catholic. Chief complaint: Joint pain. History of Present Illness. 2 years PTC. THROATS. MATTER. Rheumatic fever. . is a serious disease . caused by a strep throat. can make children . very sick . and . cause heart . damage. m. ay mean a . lifetime. of feeling breathless and tired. Acute rheumatic fever usually affects children and young adults. between the ages of 5 and 15 years.. Pathogenesis. -The condition is triggered by an immune-mediated delayed response to infection with specific strains of group A streptococci, which have antigens that cross-react with cardiac myosin and . Pericarditis. • inflammation of the pericardium. Causes:.  may result from bacterial, viral or fungal infection.  can be assoc. w/ systemic diseases such as autoimmune. disorders, rheumatic fever, tuberculosis, cancer, leukemia,. Key Terms. Chemoprophylaxis. Ductus arteriosus. Ductus venosus. Foramen ovale. Hemodynamics. Infective endocarditis (IE). Jones criteria. Multifactorial. Polycythemia. Shunting. Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE). Kassy. McMahon, RN (BScN) . Statistics . Heart disease is the second leading cause of death in both males and females in Canada. . Men are 2 times more likely to suffer a heart attack than women.. Approximately 2.4 million Canadians live with. Department of internal medicine 1. with course of cardio-vascular pathology . Causes . Acquired from bacteria, viruses, trauma. Defined as and acute or chronic inflammation of the heart, and the heart valves. The initiative primarily set out to guide clinicians, mainly . rheumatologists, but also in some countries internists and immunologists, who have to play a pivotal role in developing with the oncologists a patient-centred approach to improve the diagnosis and the management of rheumatic immune-related adverse events (irAEs).. values in normal children to those with rheumatic fever and children with recurrent tonsillitis, and to evaluate its relationship with seasonal variations.!Methods: those with rheumatic fever, tonsi Sowmya. V R. . Asst . prof. . Child health nursing dept . . Subharti. university. Prepared by : . Sowmya. V R. Asst . prof. . Child health nursing dept . . Subharti. university. OVER VIEW. PGR Medical unit III. CAUSES OF MR. Rheumatic heart disease. Endocarditis. Mitral valve prolapse. Myocardial infarction. Cardiomyopathy. Coronary artery disease. Ischemia or Infarction of papillary muscles. Review article - Published online: 2021-04-13 . The more than seven decades old Jones criteria for diagnosis and management of rheumatic fever (RF) should only form a skeleton base for today's way of diagnosis and management of RHD and not copied ad verbatim.