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Rheumatic fever is a delayed immune response that can occur after certain strep infections. It causes damage to certain organs, particularly the heart. Rheumatic fever is most prevalent in school-age children who are 5 to 15 years old. Fifty years ago, rheumatic fever was a major childhood illness in North America and Europe leaving thousands of people with damaged heart valves. Rheumatic fever is now rare in developed countries due to the use of antibiotics. Outbreaks, however, are still evident in the United States.
How does rheumatic fever develop?
Rheumatic fever is an immune response to an infection with group A streptococcus. The immune system attacks its own body in response to the infection causing damage and inflammation to the heart and several large joints. While streptococcal skin infections are fairly common, they have not been linked to rheumatic fever. In 75 percent of people with rheumatic fever, the acute attack lasts only 6 weeks. Ninety percent of the cases of rheumatic fever resolve in 12 weeks or less. Fewer than 5 percent of people with rheumatic fever have the condition for 6 months or more.
What are the symptoms of rheumatic fever?
Rheumatic fever develops one to four weeks after the sore throat has cleared up. Symptoms include high fever, aching and swelling of larger joints such as knees, elbows and ankles, and a blotchy pink rash on the trunk and ankles. If the heart muscle is affected, there may be shortness of breath and chest pain for a few weeks until the inflammation settles. Inflammation of the heart valve causes permanent damage that may lead to thickening and scarring of the valve years later.
Conventional medical treatments may help relieve the symptoms of rheumatic fever but they do not address the root of the problem. Generally, by undergoing comprehensive natural medicine testing, the reasons the body is producing antibodies against itself can be found. Some of these reasons include sensitivities or allergies to foods, inhalants and chemicals and various infections.
Discover why we believe that natural medicine treatments are the best way to treat rheumatic fever.
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