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1
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What is rheumatic fever?

A

A complication of untreated strep throat, can damage body tissue by causing them to swell

2
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What is a complication of untreated strep throat that can damage body tissue by causing them to swell?

A

Rheumatic fever

3
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Where is rheumatic fever common?

A

India

Middle East

Central Africa

(rare in Europe and North America)

4
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Who does rheumatic fever commonly affect?

A

Children 5-15 years

5
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Does rheumatic fever affect more boys or girls?

A

Boys

6
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What does rheumatic fever lead to?

A

Inflammatory changes in the heart and joints, sometimes neurological symptoms

7
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What are the presenting features of rheumatic fever?

A

Flitting (painful)

Polyarthritis of large joints (wrist, elbows, knees, ankles)

Skin rashes

Fever

Pancarditis in the acute phase

Heart murmurs are common

8
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What is pancarditis?

A

Inflammation affecting endocardium, myocardium and pericardium

9
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What have most patients who have rheumatic fever recently had?

A

Sore throat usually due to group A beta-haemolytic streptococcal infection

10
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Why does the untreated strep lead to rheumatic fever?

A

Strong antibody reaction to strep may cross react with unknown antigens in connective tissue leading to damage to heart tissue caused by antibody and T cell mediated reactions)

11
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Histologically, what is seen in the heart in rheumatic fever?

A

Aschoff body

12
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What is valvular heart disease characterised by?

A

Damage to or a defect in one of the four heart valves

13
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What are examples of valvular heart disease?

A

Valvular stenosis

Valvular incompetence

Vegetations

14
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What is valvular stenosis?

A

Valve thickened/calcified and obstructs normal blood flow into chamber/vessel

15
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What is it called when valve is thicken/calcified and obstructs the normal blood flow into chamber/vessel?

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Valvular stenosis

16
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What is valvular incompetence?

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Valve loses normal function and fails to prevent reflux of blood after contraction of cardiac chamber

17
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What is it called when valve loses normal function and fails to prevent reflux of blood after contraction of cardiac chamber?

A

Valvular incompetence

18
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What is valvular vegetations?

A

Infective or thrombotic nodules develop on valve leaflets impairing normal valve mobility, they may embolism

19
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What are infective or thrombotic nodules develop on valve leaflets impairing normal valve mobility that may embolise called?

A

Valvular vegetations

20
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What is rheumatic heart disease?

A

A complication of rheumatic fever in which the heart valves are damaged

21
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How does rheumatic fever become rheumatic heart disease?

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Pancarditis in acute rheumatic fever can progress over time to chronic rheumatic heart disease where it mainly manifests as valvular abnormalities

22
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Why does rheumatic heart disease manifest as valcular abnormaliies?

A

Inflammation of the endocardium and left sided valves results in fibrinoid necrosis of the valve cusps/chordae tendinae over which form small vegetations

23
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What is rheumatic heart disease characterised by?

A

Fibrotic valvular disease, particularly involving the mitral valve

24
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What is virtually the only cause of mitral stenosis?

A

Rheumatic heart disease

25
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Can rheumatic heart disease cause aortic stenosis?

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Rarely, mostly due to calcific aortic valve disease

26
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How common is the tricuspid and pulmonary valve involvement in rheumatic heart disease?

A

Tricuspid is infrequent

Pulmonary is rare

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