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2006-07-24 14:15:39 · 4 answers · asked by Consuelo M 1 in Health Dental

before dental treatment??

2006-07-24 14:16:37 · update #1

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rheumatism is a very old word, which doesn't really describe any specific disease. It just means medical problems affecting the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lung. There are many types of rheumatism not all requiring premeds for dental treatment.

The one you are referring to is Rheumatic fever resulting in heart valve damage, also known as rheumatic heart disease.

Not all people who have had rheumatic fever need premeds.

Only people who have had heart valve damage need premeds.

Basically damage to the heart valves makes it very easy for bacteria in the blood stream to attatch to the heart valves and cause a very serious and hard to treat infection on the heart valves.

Taking a premed (antibiotics) helps prevent bacteria from the dental treatment, growing on the heart valve.

A doctor can determine if the heart valves are damaged or not, if not antibiotics are not required.

2006-07-24 16:00:41 · answer #1 · answered by BouncingMolar 5 · 0 0

People who have had rheumatic fever, often have a susceptibility to heart valve damage.

Dentists generally give antibiotics before teeth cleaning or other procedures, because mouths have lots of the strep bacteria that causes damage to heart valves. During the dental procedure, gums may bleed, and the blood could pick up the bacteria and circulate it to the heart valves.

Rheumatism usually is the lay term for rheumatiod arthritis, and it is not necessarlly the same process that causes rheumatic fever.

2006-07-24 14:22:25 · answer #2 · answered by elaine_classen 3 · 0 0

rheumatic fever plus a murmur, but it's always up to your medical professional

2006-07-24 14:19:35 · answer #3 · answered by nocturnidae 3 · 0 0

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2016-08-28 18:35:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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