Scarlet fever and strep throat, both of which are brought on by infections with the streptococcus bacteria, can lead to rheumatic fever, an inflammatory condition that can arise as a complication.
Although strep throat is common, rheumatic fever is rare in the United States and other developed nations; however, rheumatic fever remains common in many developing countries. Rheumatic fever is most common in 5- to 15-year-old children, though it can develop in younger children and adults.
Treatments can lessen inflammation-related damage, lessen pain and other symptoms, and prevent the recurrence of rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever can result in permanent damage to the heart, including damaged heart valves and heart failure.
CausesGroup A streptococcus infections of the throat can lead to strep throat or, less frequently, scarlet fever. Rheumatic fever is a rare complication of group A streptococcus infections of the skin or other parts of the body.
The strep bacterium contains a protein that is similar to one found in some body tissues, so immune system cells that would normally target the bacterium may treat the body’s own tissues as if they were infectious agents. This immune system reaction results in inflammation, which is thought to be the cause of rheumatic fever and strep infection.
There is a small chance that your child will develop rheumatic fever if the strep bacteria is promptly treated and all medications are taken as directed.
When rheumatic fever first appears, it typically happens two to four weeks after a strep throat infection. Symptoms of rheumatic fever can vary, including number and type of symptoms, as well as how they manifest over the course of the illness.
Inflammation in the heart, joints, skin, or central nervous system can cause rheumatic fever signs and symptoms, which include:
· Fever
Tender and painful joints, especially in the knees, wrists, ankles, and elbows.
Pain that spreads from one joint to another
Inflamed, red, or hot joints
Nodules under the skin that are tiny and painless
· Chest pain
· Heart murmur
· Fatigue
Erythema marginatum, a flat or barely raised, painless rash.
St. Vitus’ dance, or jerky, uncontrollable body movements, most frequently involving the hands, feet, and face
Unusual behavioral outbursts that accompany Sydenham chorea, such as inappropriate laughing or crying
Risk factors-Rheumatic fever is predisposed by a number of factors, including:
Family history.Some individuals may be predisposed to rheumatic fever by one or more genes.
Type of strep bacteria.Rheumatic fever is more likely to be caused by specific strep bacteria strains than by other strep bacteria strains.
In some cases, the inflammation brought on by rheumatic fever results in long-term complications that can last for a few weeks to several months.
Permanent damage to the heart brought on by rheumatic fever is known as rheumatic heart disease, which typically manifests 10 to 20 years following the initial illness. The mitral valve, which connects the two left chambers of the heart, is most frequently affected, though other valves can also be impacted.
Valve stenosis.Blood flow is reduced by this valve narrowing.
Valve regurgitation.Incorrect blood flow is made possible by this valve leak.
Damage to heart muscle.The heart’s ability to pump can be hampered by the rheumatic fever-related inflammation of the heart muscle.
Later in life, issues with the heart can arise from damage to the mitral valve, other heart valves, or other heart tissues, with possible outcomes including:
Atrial fibrillation, an uncontrollably erratic and disorderly beating of the heart’s upper chambers
Heart failure, which occurs when the body’s blood supply is inadequate.
Environmental factors.Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and other factors that make it easy for the strep bacteria to spread quickly or to be exposed to multiple people are linked to an increased risk of rheumatic fever.
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
Rheumatic fever can be effectively treated with carefully chosen homoeopathic medications. Some significant treatments are listed below:
ACONITUM NAPELLS 30-One of the best treatments for rheumatic fevers is aconite, which is well suited to children, active people who lead sedentary lives, and people with bilious and nervous constitutions.
ANACARDIUM ORIENTALE 30-There is rheumatic pericarditis with double stitches, stitching pain in the heart region that may pass into the lumbar region, palpitations, and uneasiness in the heart, and anacardium orientale is effective for treating rheumatic fever with pericardial affections.
The best candidates for ancardium are those with a variety of mental disorders, poor memory, absentmindedness, lack of confidence in oneself and others, the desire to swear and curse, easy offence, suspicion, and jealousy, as well as profound depression and a propensity for using foul, violent language.
ARNICA MONTANA 30Another successful treatment for rheumatic fever is arnica, which is best suited to sanguine, plethoric, or plethoric red-faced people. It is appropriate for people who are sensitive to mechanical injuries and who experience their effects for a long time.
ARSENICUM ALBUM 200-The best treatment for rheumatic fever is arsenic alb, which is best suited to full-blown, anxious people.
A palpitation, dyspnea, and weakness are present along with heart pains into the neck and occiput, anxiety, and episodes of fainting.
AURUM METALLICUM 30There are nightly leg pains, febrile chills all over the body while in bed in the evening, valvular heart lesions, a loose feeling in the chest when walking, sensation as if the heart stopped beating for two or three seconds, followed by a turbulent rebound with sinking at the epidastrium, and violent palpitation that forces him to stop. These symptoms are all symptoms that aurummet is best suited to sanguine people with black hair, dark eyes, and an olive brown complexion.
BELLADONNA 30Belladonna is appropriate for plethoric individuals with red faces and conditions involving local plethora. It is also appropriate for individuals with bilious and lymphatic temperaments, who have light hair and complexions, blue eyes, and red streaks radiating from inflamed joints.
The heart appeared to be too big, and it was gurgling and palpitating with the slightest effort.
BRYONIA ALBA 30When a person has a fever, their joints become red, shiny, swollen, and rigid. There is shooting, tearing pain or tensive pains or shifting pains that affect the muscles rather than the bones. Pain is worse at night and from the least movement. Bryonia is suited to nervous, dry, slender people.
In the region of the heart, bryonian people experience stitching pain.
CACATUS GRANDIFLORUS 3XThe main symptom is a feeling of constriction everywhere. The tongue is dry as if burned, needs much liquid to get food down. There is suffocative constriction in throat. Rheumatic pains in shoulders, upper and lower arms, in hips, down to feet, worse in rest. Cactus is best suited to sanguine constitutions. It is excellent for inflammatory rheumatism with heart complaints.
The bed feels too hard, there is no thirst, there is shivering when still but not when moving, and there is febrile rigor throughout the body. There is gnawing and shooting pain in the shafts of the long bones, including the arms, thighs, and legs. There is severe stitching pain in joints, especially ankle joints. The pain is as if dislocated and accompanied by great stiffness. **DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA 30-**
EUPATORIUM PERFORATUM 30-The patient feels as though their bones are bruised, broken, and dislocated. Rheumatism with perspiration and soreness of bones. The joints that are most commonly affected are the hip, shoulder, inside knee, foot, great toe, and elbow. There is high temperature and chills. The chill is preceded by thirst with great soreness and aching of bones. There is much shivering.
FERRUM PHOS 30-Young people with a leucoplegmatic temperament, nervous, sensitive anemic people, and people with swollen, red, and extremely sensitive joints should take ferrum phos. There is also high fever and acute articular rheumatism. The throat, mouth, and face become red, hot, and inflamed. The throat sore and ulcerated. The tonsils are red and swollen. The person experiences severe palpitations.
GELSEMIUM 200The patient wants to be held because he shakes so much. There is a feeling that it is necessary to keep moving or else the heart’s action will stop. The pulse is slow, full, soft, and compressible. There is a fever with great prostration and headache. There is also a fever with chills running up and down the back. There is no thirst.
KALMIA LATIFOLIA 30The best treatment for rheumatic fever with migratory rheumatism and heart complaints is kalmia. Here, the rheumatic pain extends downward and shifts suddenly, affects a large part of the limb or several joints, and passes through quickly. Joints are red, hot, and swollen. There is tingling and numbness in the left arm with heart complaints. There is sharp pain in the heart region that is burning, shooting, or sta
NUX VOMICA 30A fever with vertigo, chilliness alternating with heat, pain in the head, back, and limbs, swelling of large joints with tensile swelling, and a burning sensation throughout the body are all symptoms of nux vomica, which is best suited to zealous individuals who are prone to becoming angry, excited, or of a spiteful, malicious disposition.
RHUS TOXICODENDRON 200-Rhus tox, which is adapted to psoric and tubercular constitutions as well as rheumatic constitutions, is another effective treatment for rheumatic fever.
SALICYLIC ACID 30-Salicylic acid works best for rheumatic fever, which is characterized by a high fever, swelling, and redness of the joints, especially in the elbows or knees, and inflammatory rheumatism of one or more joints.
SPIGELIA 30Spigelia is best suited to anemic, debilitated, rheumatic, and scrofulous persons. There is drawing, tearing, and twitching pain in the limbs and joints. There is rheumatic carditis with trembling pulse. There is violent, audible palpitation.
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