Rheumatic heart disease questions and answers Health Consultation Description: hi i am 23 yr suffering frm rheumatic heart disease had undergone open heart surgery 10yrs back wth mitral value & tricusoid value repair and switched to pentids 400mg, lanoxin 0.25mg, calaptin 40mg. i am normal now but past 2yr i hav been taking lasilactone, pentids, lanoxin, Acitrom 2mg as prescribed by my doctor.Is acitrom neccessary now or after value replacement .Am i possible to get pregancy without any side effect to either me nor child.Does acitrom cause side effects if any pls list out me.

Do I need surgery for rheumatic heart disease? Health Consultation Description: hello doctor, im suffering from the RHD i have been told it is nothing but the damage of the heart valve. is that correct. and if it is also can i go for the valve transprent. and if i get it done the surgery wil i be normal or i should take more care, please help me out many queriers are there please help.

Possibility of pregnancy when having rheumatic heart disease Health Consultation Description: i am suffering from rheumatic heart disease from last 3 years and taking pentids 400, nebicard 2.5 and amifru i want to get pregnant and dont want any surgery.

Rheumatic heart disease might have damaged your heart valves Health Consultation Description: I have flipflop, thumping heartbeat or fluttering under right & left rib cage. It is there more often after I have my strong chest pains, [which I get every two days or so]. I have rheumatic heart disease, so just wondering if this is the cause?? At least I ll be rest assured then. Thankyou in advance.

Can rheumatic heart disease be cured? Health Consultation Description: Hi, I am Asmaul Hassan from Kolkata,India. 2 month back my wife, Rehana Sultana, was diagnosed with Rheumatic Heart Disease with mild mitral stenosis with moderate mitral regurgitation with pulmonary hypertension . Her age is 23+ and height is 5ft 7 inch. She is under the below medication- 1. Injection Pencom (after every 21 days) 2. Tab Amifru 20 3. Tab Aten 25 My question here are - q1.Is the above said disease will be cured by constant medication? q2.How many days she needs the above medication? q3.Is open heart surgery really needed in future to replace the mitral valve? Please response.

Alternative medicines to treat rheumatic heart disease Chinese medicine experts help to provide answer on alternative medicines to treat rheumatic heart disease, including condition analysis, instruction for rheumatic heart disease.

Can frequent tonsillitis cause rheumatic heart disease? Health Consultation Description: hello.. i experienced tonsillitis since i was 13 years old till now that i'm actually 20 years old.. almost twice a month i experience tonsillitis with fever ... what can i do because i heard that it can cause rheumatic heart disease..help me please..

Home remedy for Rheumatic Heart Disease Health Consultation Description: My mother suffering from rheumatic heart disease and recently had open heart surgery on oct14. before surgery she had taking an injection named penidure la-12 once in every 3 weeks from fast 30years. now operaction is sucussufully after 2months she getiing rumatic pains ..my doubt is could she continew the pendure 12 inject or not..could you pls help me out.

Suggestion on treatment for rheumatic heart disease Health Consultation Description: I have rheumatic heart disease with complications of an enlarged left atrum and atrial flutter/a fib is it safe for me to be doing heavy lifting and working 12 hour shifts,lately have been breaking out into sweats out of the blue and experienceing brief shortness of breath.

Can pregnancy increase the severity of rheumatic heart disease? Health Consultation Description: Concerning rheumatic heart disease, with mild thickening of the valves and some calcifications, as well as a small heart murmer- can pregnancy cause the condition to progress more rapidly to a more advanced stage? And does exercise cause too much stress on the heart in someone with this condition (36 year-old female, had rheumatic fever at age 12, had an echocardiogram 18 months ago showing mild stage of rheumatic heart disease).