PPT-Rheumatic heart disease Acute rheumatic fever

Acute rheumatic fever usually affects children and young adults between the ages of 5 and 15 years Pathogenesis The condition is triggered by an immunemediated delayed response to infection with specific strains of group A streptococci which have antigens that crossreact with cardiac myosin and . 7NITD TDYITDIPP IN7NUTICFCUPNNTT D ITCDUTICTDI Is there a cure for rheumatic fever 4NICDUTCUITNTTCKF UTICFUUYUBIDWITINFWWKT FWNT BUTTDYTFIF4T WYPNTINIIPTNT If my child has had rheumatic fever must I restrict his or her activities TCIDNDNTNDTTICTIITIT 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.. 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. and Management. Didik. . Hariyanto. Indry. . Putri. . Festari. SymCARD . 4. . th. 2014. Pediatric Cardiology Subdivision. Division of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine. Faculty Medicine . Universitas. 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,. 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. . Occurs as a result of complex interaction between GROUP A . Streptococcus . a susceptible host and environment.. An abnormal immune response to a GAS infection leads to an acute inflammatory illness that most commonly affects the joints, heart ,brain or skin.. stenosis. or insufficiency (regurgitation or incompetence), or both.. . Stenosis. : failure of a valve to open completely, obstructing forward flow.. . - almost always due to a primary . cuspal. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Branch. Queensland Health. RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE. A plan of action for Queensland. “While acute rheumatic fever has become a rare curiosity in Australia’s non-Indigenous population, its incidence in Indigenous Australians living in remote areas remains among the highest reported in the world. It is unlikely that such a stark contrast between two populations living within the same national borders exists for any other disease or on any other continent.” . 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. and CLINICAL ASPEC. Nahar. . Taufiq. RS DR . Sardjito. Yogyakarta. Carditis. . Acute . Rhematic Fever (RF) and. Rhematic heart disease (RHD). Consequences of . Haemodynamic. When to Intervention?. . Hazim. . abdul. . Wahhab. General characters of streptococci. :. Spherical . (cocci) arranged in chain . or pairs. .. Gram- positive.. Most . streptococci are facultative anaerobes.. All . Streptococci are catalase negative.. 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.