Rheumatic Heart Disease | Causes, Symptoms, Complications, Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention

How can you prevent rheumatic heart disease?

You can avoid rheumatic heart disease through the prevention of the leading cause.

Prevention of rheumatic fever:

1. Primary prevention we can prevent acute rheumatic fever by treating the upper respiratory tract infection well. We should do a tonsillectomy for chronic tonsillitis.

2. Secondary preventionaims to prevent recurrent rheumatic fever through the following antibiotics:

1. 1. Long-acting penicillin (benzathine penicillin)
   2. Penicillin V (ospen)
   3. Erythromycin if you have an allergy to penicillin

3. Tertiary preventionfocuses on prophylaxis against infective endocarditis through antibiotics like amoxicillin, ampicillin, or cefotaxime.