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Uploaded by on Jan 17, 2007

DrMDK.com
Michael La Corte MD
Schneider Children's Hosptital

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  • i have this illness in my heart

  • Streptococcus pyogenes

    - Rheumatic fever

    - occurs in 3% untreated cases

    - autoimmune disease (bacteria in valves of heart. When body attacks bacteria, it attacks own tissue.)

    - Affects heart, joints, and kidneys

    Acute Glomerulonephritis- immune complex disease (streptococcal antigen-antibody complexes)

    -Kidney damage- inflammation nephritis

  • I was dx with rheumatic fever at the age of 7 I then developed chorea. (jerky movements which affected my movements and handwriting) From the age of 7 to 21 I received a monthly bicillin shots. I have been off antibiotics for 2 years now and have not had any problems.

  • I rate this video A ++

  • i'm 31 and my doc says i got rf. wrong diagnoses?

  • I also had RF when i was 14,

    It was affecting my joints a lot.....a hell lot of swelling and pain in the knees..

    I am still taking penicillin...and earlier it hurts like hell...but now i am used to it....

    My Dr. told me to stop the med. when I will be 21 (next year)....hurray...

  • I had RF when I was 7 years old. It affected my heart and I got a heart murmur/ vowel leakage. I am 19 now and not sure of my health now... I stopped taking my meds too early...

  • I had RF I was 19 so it was about a year ago .

  • is rheumatic fever can still be cure? please response.. :(

  • I had strep throat, the pencillin hurt like HELL (I had two high dosage penicillin injections per day)

    I hope I never get it again, the injections are pure murder.

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