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Penicillin to fight rheumatic fever

April 17, 2020
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The government plans to resurrect penicillin in order to combat rheumatic fever.

What is rheumatic fever?

  • It is an endemic disease in India.
  • It is a disease that can affect the heart, joints, brain, and skin.
  • Rheumatic fever can develop if strep throat and scarlet fever infections are not treated properly.
  • Bacteria called group A Streptococcus or group A strep cause strep throat and scarlet fever.
  • Rheumatic fever is thought to be caused by a response of the body’s defense system — the immune system.
  • The immune system responds to the earlier strep throat or scarlet fever infection and causes a generalized inflammatory response.
  • Though it’s not contagious, people with strep throat or scarlet fever can spread group A strep to others, primarily through respiratory droplets.
  • Common signs and symptoms are Fever, painful and tender joints (arthritis), most commonly in the knees, ankles, elbows, and wrists, fatigue and in some cases a red rash.
  • It is more common in school-age children (5 through 15 years old).
  • India has a high rheumatic fever burden and rheumatic disease, which often goes undiagnosed and contributes to multiple maternal deaths at birth.
  • Penicillin tends to reduce the rheumatic fever attack rate by as much as 80%.

 

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