Experience with Prosthetic Valve Replacement in Indigents
with Rheumatic Heart Disease in Nigeria: 10 - Year Follow - Up
«Double danger: The peril of childbirth for women
with rheumatic heart disease.»
Not exact matches
When Bob Gibson, who grew up in Omaha without a father but
with asthma, rickets and a
rheumatic heart, was asked after his fifth straight shutout that summer whether he felt pressure to break Drysdale's record, he responded: «I face more pressure every day just being a Negro.»
If you don't treat the infection
with the appropriate antibiotics in time, there is a chance of development of
rheumatic fever or
heart damage in extreme cases.
As part of that effort, rheumatologists and cardiologists established Mayo's Cardio - Rheumatology Clinic two years ago to pioneer new
heart disease diagnostic, prevention and treatment tools for patients
with rheumatoid arthritis and other
rheumatic diseases.
In the mid-1940s, the Department of Defense commissioned researchers, led by infectious disease scientist Charles Rammelkamp, to study whether treating strep
with penicillin would also prevent
rheumatic heart disease, then a serious problem among troops.
The risk tool could also benefit people
with other inflammatory
rheumatic diseases that carry higher
heart disease risk, such as lupus and psoriatic arthritis.
Thyroid disease is more common than in both control groups; type 1 diabetes is more common than in the group that had
heart surgery
with the thymus intact; and
rheumatic diseases and hypersensitivity to gluten are more common than among those who did not undergo surgery.
If the infection isn't stopped, it can progress into
rheumatic fever — a highly contagious disease that affects more than 400,000 people worldwide each year and leaves survivors
with lasting damage to
heart valves and other tissue.
However, it's important to bear in mind that
heart disease risk isn't limited to Ankylosing Spondylitis only; a vast majority of
rheumatic diseases are linked
with higher odds of cardiovascular diseases.
These may include asking if you have been treated for, hospitalized for, diagnosed
with, and / or prescribed medication for certain issues such as a
heart disorder, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and / or
rheumatic fever.
These may include asking if you have been treated for, hospitalized for, diagnosed
with, and / or prescribed medication for certain issues such as a
heart disorder, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and / or
rheumatic fever.
According to a government data, «The prevalence of
heart failure in India due to coronary
heart disease, hypertension, obesity, diabetes and
rheumatic heart disease ranges from anywhere between 1.3 to 4.6 million,
with an annual incidence of 491,600 to 1.8 million.»
Rates of diseases associated
with poor environmental health (including water and food borne diseases, trachoma, tuberculosis and
rheumatic heart disease)
A critical aspect is to help communities take ownership of ways to target
rheumatic heart disease as a condition requiring attention, provide leadership and training within health services, connect the health service
with clients, families and communities, and engage other services outside of the health system.
See this Periscope interview
with Wade, where she expands on these issues and previews her presentation to the conference on
rheumatic heart disease.