Healing Valves North America

Children who get repeated strep throat infections are at the most risk for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

Rheumatic heart disease can be prevented by preventing strep infections or treating them with antibiotics when they do occur.

It’s important to take antibiotics as prescribed and to complete them as instructed, even if you feel better after a few days.

Rheumatic Heart Disease Rheumatic heart disease is a condition in which the heart valves have been permanently damaged by rheumatic fever. The heart valve damage starts with an untreated or under-treated strep infection.