Mechanism of Occurrence of Rheumatic Heart Disease

Rheumatic Heart Disease

We often hear various heart diseases circulating in the community. There are coronary heart diseases, heart failure, heart attack, heart leaking and so on. However, there is a type of heart disease can be life threatening if not treated properly, namely rheumatic heart disease.

Rheumatic heart disease, which in medical terms Heart Disease is a rheumatic heart condition who suffered heart valve damage in the form of stricture, adhesions, and mitral valve leakage, which is caused when the sequelae of rheumatic fever. A symptom of heart disease is characterized by rheumatic fever. The rheumatic fever itself is infected with the fever is due to Streptococcus group A beta hemolyticus upper respiratory tract.

Arthritis Pain May Not Uric Acid

Arthritis Pain May Not Uric Acid

Rheumatism is a disease of joint disorders in the world's number one and number of victims continues to increase every year. On the other hand, understanding and attention to this disease are still inadequate. Most people think arthritis joint and muscle pain experienced due by uric acid. In fact, only 5-10 percent of rheumatic diseases are triggered by uric acid.

"As soon suffer from joint pain, usually people direct to check uric acid levels. In fact, uric acid is just one of 100 types of rheumatic diseases. This understanding needs to be clarified," said dr.Bambang Setyohadi, Division of Rheumatology Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia in educating the media event about rheumatic diseases held by Pfizer in Jakarta, (4 / 11).

Gout or uric acid is a type of arthritis caused by deposits of crystals of uric monosodium or uric acid that accumulates in the joints due to high levels of uric acid in the blood. To ensure that the pain experienced as a gout attack, it is necessary laboratory tests.

Tips Avoid Rheumatic Diseases

Tips avoid rheumatic diseases

Tips avoid rheumatic diseases:

1. Stay away from a bath at night time, if it is necessary to bathe in warm water redeeming the evening. The point is to avoid the cold. For old age is highly recommended to avoid bath night but for a young age can ward off feeling lazy.

2. Expand to eat vegetables and fruits - fruits that contain antioxidants. This can help prevent premature aging disease. The way you have to cook first for vegetable and fruit juices for.

3. Expand to take vitamin C with the levels of 1000 mg per day and it would be better if in combination with vitamin E with levels of 600 to 800 mg per day.

4. Carbohydrate needs are also important, especially coming from whole grains, sago, wheat, cassava, and maize. If you need more protein you choose the right eggs and milk.

Fruit Abatement Rheumatism

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About 40 percent of Indonesia's population over the age of 40 years have complaints of joint pain and muscle or also called rheumatic diseases. The causes vary, from mechanical injury due to accidents, excessive activity, until the infection is virus and bacterial.

Treatment of rheumatic diseases is focused on reducing pain and inflammation. Medications decrease rheumatic complaints include acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroids and immune-suppressing drugs. But you have to know; mostly drinking painkiller and anti-inflammatory OTC can irritate the stomach and intestines and cause ulcers.

In fact, when used in the long time these drugs can cause severe bleeding. Consult with your doctor if you are using nonsteorid anti-inflammatory drugs or aspirin for pain joints for more than 2 weeks.

Alcohol Reduces Risk of Disability Arthritis Sufferers

Alcohol Reduces Risk of Disability Arthritis Sufferers

Alcohol is not always bad. Alcohol is said to be able to save patients with rheumatoid arthritis of disability than those who do not eat them. Similarly, a study published in Scandinavia.

In the present study revealed, the patients of rheumatoid arthritis who like to consume alcohol in moderate amounts, about 40 to 45 percent lower risk of illness becomes more severe than those not consuming alcohol. The patients of rheumatoid are going to survive the disability caused by arthritis.

Among the enthusiasts of alcohol, this risk decreases to 50 and 55 percent. Surprisingly, the greatest benefits were felt by smokers who are actually prone to suffer from these diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis affects between 0.5 to almost one percent, especially in industrialized countries.

60 Percent of Women Esophageal Rheumatism

60 Percent of Women Esophageal Rheumatism

Rheumatic is known as degenerative diseases that are chronic and inhibits the activity of the sufferer. For the women 60 percent is more prone to rheumatic disease or joint pain.

"If women tend to be classified 60 percent risk of developing arthritis," said a specialist in internal medicine RSSA Malang, Dr. Good Son Suryana SpPD-KR in the show 10 Years in Action Overcome Arthritis at Hotel Kartika Malang, Monday (08/02/2010).

He revealed, arthritis can be caused by various factors. One of them is work activities. Many people work raises the load on the joints that will prone to arthritis. For example construction laborers, porters those are too many carrying heavy loads.

About Rheumatic Heart Disease

About Rheumatic Heart Disease

Rheumatic heart disease is one of the most serious forms of diseases of the heart disease of childhood and adolescence. Rheumatic heart disease caused due to damage to the entire heart and its membranes. Rheumatic heart disease is a complication of rheumatic fever and typically occurs after an attack of rheumatic fever. The incidence of rheumatic heart disease has been greatly reduced by the widespread use of antibiotics effective against bacteria streptococcus that causes rheumatic fever.

Who is at risk for rheumatic fever? Rheumatic fever is rare in developed countries and it is quite a problem for developing countries. However, rheumatic fever can occur in children who have untreated strep throat.