SHORT FILMS Important Health Message – Acute Rheumatic Fever This is a health warning. Right now, many of our children and young males and females in our community are getting Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease. This is serious. Rheumatic Fever can...
ABOUT RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE (RHD) 1. Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a consequence of Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF). 2. The risk of RHD is greater with repeated episodes of ARF. ...
SHORT FILMS What is Rheumatic Heart Disease? What is Rheumatic Heart Disease? Rheumatic Heart Disease, or RHD, starts in children as an infection from a common sore throat and possibly infected skin sores. And it can end in open heart surgery, stroke, heart...
SHORT FILMS Staying On Track with Secondary Prophylaxis Thankfully, most young people with Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) won’t need a mechanical heart valve replacement, which means they also won’t need to take Warfarin everyday. For most young people with RHD, like...
SHORT FILMS Rheumatic Heart Disease in Pregnancy The best way to make sure a woman with RHD has a healthy pregnancy for her and her baby is early diagnosis and cardiac review, collaborative care and communication with family, health workers, maternity and cardiac...
