Symptoms of rheumatic heart disease and methods of treatment and prevention

Dr. Abdullah Al-Hajri, Consultant in Interventional Cardiology at Al-Zahra Hospital in Dubai, discussed cardiac rheumatism, explaining that it occurs as a result of acute rheumatic fever affecting one or the other of the heart valves.

Heart rheumatism results from inflammation of the membranes and heart valves caused by nodular bacteria damaging membranes and heart valves. Children are often infected between 5 and 15 years old. Sixty percent of people with rheumatic heart disease also develop heart disease.

Rheumatic fever damages the heart valves, causing severe stenosis or reflux, causing an obstruction of blood flow in the heart. This leads to a subsequent failure of the cardiac function.

If rheumatism is not treated for heart disease, a person may have a heart condition, a stroke or a bacterium.

Fever is a risk to human health, especially for pregnant women and the fetus, and there are effective ways to protect against heart fever and rheumatism and its 100% success.

Symptoms of rheumatic heart disease

Dr. Al Hajri to the symptoms associated with rheumatic heart disease are:

• chest pain.

• extreme tiredness.

• Fast heart palpitations.

• shortness of breath.

Swelling of the legs, hands and abdomen.

The critical conditions of rheumatic heart disease are characterized by vertigo and loss of consciousness. Acute rheumatic fever can also cause sore throat, fever, joint pain, rash and some nervous system symptoms.

Ways to treat heart rheumatism

The treatment consists of administering antibiotics to people with rheumatic fever and leukemia to prevent seizures or attacks, as well as to treat narrowing of the artery through the catheter or the process of switching the valve.

Prevention of rheumatic heart

D. Al-Hajri means of prevention of rheumatism and its complications:

• Check with the doctor regularly for symptoms such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or rapid palpitations.

• Antibiotics in case of rheumatic fever or sore throat.

Early diagnosis is very important to avoid complications.

• Dental care and the need to consult a dentist to ensure health and safety, because tooth decay increases the risk of bacterial infections of the heart valves.

• Care and prevention during pregnancy of women with rheumatic fever.