Rheumatic Fever

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I had this twice as a child. I was wondering if anyone else with RA has had this

and that maybe they are linked somehow. My rheumatologist said she didn't

think

so but I was just wondering....

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my mom had RF when she was 13 or so. this was back during the

depression, her uncle was a doctor and that was the day of the house

call; they were country folks. She was terribly sick for months,

apparently she developed RA along with the rf. They didn't know to

keep her turned and I guess one of her hips shifted out of socket

partially and fused that way. She was one of the toughest women i

have ever known. She never talked about her childhood much, but when

I was learning to play guitar at 13, she said, " that's about how old

I was when i started learning. " I started to ask why she didn't keep

it up, but then I looked at her poor little hands and just smiled at

her.

>

> My mom had rheumatic fever when she was 16. she was also dx'd with

r/a but

> it wasn't as bad as mine and was dx'd later in life but her sister

(my aunt)

> has r/a like I do. She's 87 and is now in a wheelchair and has

heart problems.

> i don't know how she contracted the rheumatic fever though.

>

> My mom was 59 when she died. She had heart valves replaced because

of the

> rheumatic fever. This was back in 1966 and she passed in 1981.

Back then they

> wanted to give her a pacemaker but they didn't want to chance it

since she was

> pretty weak. Now there are so many more treatments...she would

have been

> alive today if they were available back then.

>

> Hugs..a

>

> Wow this is interesting about your Rhuematic Fever. I've heard this

> > is quite high in RA, & connective tissue disease etc patients. Me

> > too - I had it at age 8 then recurrances as an adult (which were

> > initial misdiagnosed that's why it's plural!).>

> > Curious to hear from anyone else who had Rhuematic Fever - or

their

> > RA or other disease started from Streptoccocus A (Tonsilitis) and

> > which symptoms they had?>

> > I had the whole range of symptoms from arthritis, fever, carditis

and

> > chorea (which as an adult was ballistic and finally gave me my

> > correct diagnoses).>

> > Anyone else have valvular heart damage from their RF? Ie aortic,

or

> > mitral regurgitation and or stenosis? Often just referred to as

> > a " heart murmur " ?

> >

> >

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