My elder sister is in the hospital right now, she just woke up one day and she had shortness of breath. She also noticed that her face swelled up a bit. I called them today and the doctor diagnosed her of having a rheumatic heart disease. I had no idea of this kind of heart disease so i deemed to do some research.
Rheumatic Heart disease is a bad condition of the heart in which the heart valve is damage due to rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever begins with some strep throat infections that really affects many of body tissues and organ specially the heart, its an inflammatory disease.
Accordingly the best defense of rheumatic heart disease is to hamper ourselves from having a rheumatic fever. Rheumatic heart disease might be a lifetime illness if not treated right away. I used to have throat infections and geese it scared me when I read about the symptoms of rheumatic fever.......
Rheumatic Fever:
Fever
skin rashes
shortness of breath
small, nodules under the skin
chest pain
heart palpitations
swollen joints
fatigue
Strep Throat
sore throat/swollen tonsils
pain of swallowing
headache
vomitting, nausea, abdominal pain
fever of 101 to 104 F
I am very worried for my sister..help me to pray for her. Thanks
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