1.
What bacteria causes the infection that can lead to rheumatic fever?
2.
What must occur first before rheumatic fever develops?
3.
What medication is used to treat the original infection?
4.
What body system mistakenly attacks the heart in this disease?
5.
What organ is mainly affected by rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease?
6.
What part of the heart becomes scarred in rheumatic heart disease?
7.
What permanent damage occurs to the heart after repeated inflammation?
8.
What antibiotic is given regularly to prevent recurrence?
9.
How is long-term penicillin usually administered?
10.
What should be reduced until swelling goes away?
11.
What treatment may repair or replace damaged heart valves?
12.
What test checks heart structure and valve function?
13.
What may become irregular or rapid as a complication?
14.
What serious event can happen if clots form in the heart?
