If the diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease was established and there is still an infection by the Streptococcus bacteria, then main thing that came through from the doctors was giving antibiotics and anti-inflammatory. Such as giving penicillin antibiotics orally or benzathine penicillin G. On patients who have allergic to both of these drugs, other alternative is by giving erythromycin or cephalosporin grWhile anti-inflammatory that is usually given is cortisone and aspirin.
Archive for January, 2010
Treatment of Rheumatic Heart Disease
January 20th, 2010Rheumatism Heart Disease
January 6th, 2010Rheumatism Heart Disease (PJR), or in medical term known as rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a condition which occur disruption in the heart valve that can be like narrowing or leaking, especially with the mitral valve (mitral valve stenosis) as a result of the remaining symptoms of Rheumatism Fever (DR). Rheumatic fever is a systemic disease that can be acute, sub acute, chronic, or fulminate, and could happen after streptococcal beta hemolyticus infection group A at the upper respiratory tract.
