Rheumatic Diseases: Types, Causes, and Treatments

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Rheumatic Diseases: Types, Causes, and Treatments  - Rheumatic fever is a disease of children and adolescents.This disease usually starts to occur 1 to 3 weeks after a person is suffering from pharyngitis. In the United States, antibiotics have been developed to overcome this disease.

However, with the use of the antibiotics presumably were still deadlocked due to its effects on the health of the liver organ.

From the results of the study mentions that rheumatic fever is more commonly experienced by girls than boys. However, upon reaching adulthood, the size of the sexes which are more often exposed to already begin to blur.

It really depends on a person's immunity and their neighborhoods are located.

A. Causes

Rheumatic fever is caused by a combination of bacterial infections and weak immune system of a person's body. The disease originated from a throat infection caused by the Streptococcus bacteria.

Once the bacteria gets into the body, it will spread and cause a fever accompanied by flu. In many cases, children are more susceptible to infection in the throat. This Flu will develop into rheumatic fever.

B. the main signs (usually 3 or 4 marks):

1. Heat

2. joint pain, especially on the wrists and ankles, elbow joints, then on the joints swell, and

3. often feels the heat as well as looks red.

4. the red lines are curved or bumps under the skin.

5. in the case of heavier, the body feels weak, short of breath and possibly pain heart (heart pain).

C. Treatment:

1. If you suspect the rheumatic fever, meet health workers. In this disease, there is the possibility of the danger of damage to the heart.

2. Minumkan aspirirn with a rate of. A 12 year old child can drink up to 2 or 3 tablet @ 300 mg, 6 times a day. Minumkan aspirin together milk or a little soda bicarbonat, to avoid pain in the stomach. If start ringing, subtract a measure.

3. give penicilin, 400,000 units per tablet, 1 tablet 4 times a day for 10 days.

D. Precautions:

1. to prevent rheumatic fever, pharyngitis obati immediately with penicilin for 10 days.

2. to prevent the recurrence of rheumatic fever and heart damage, additional children who had suffered from rheumatic fever should get penicillin for 10 days, so there are the first signs of neck pain. If signs of heart damage has been seen, the child should get penicillin regularly get a shot of penicillin benzathin every month, perhaps during his life. Follow the advice of a doctor or an experienced health workers.

E. the facts about Arthritis

1. rheumatic Fever became known in the early 20th century

2. disease is caused by streptococcus group A bacteria3

3. the symptoms arise 1-5 weeks after the virus infect the body's cells

F. the complications that accompany the rheumatic diseases

1. damage to the liver organ

2. Endocarditis

3. failing liver functions

4. Arrhythmias

5. Pericarditis

6. Sydenham's chorea