Some recent studies still confirm that the rheumatic heart disease causes are the infections that occur in the throat due to bacteria belong to a group-A streptococcus. Nevertheless, experts also believe that there are certain environmental factors and the weakness of the immune body system that also have contribution to trigger the strep throat infection that followed with the wrong respond of body immune system in fighting the infection.

How does streptococcus bacterial infection cause rheumatic heart disease?

Typically, patient will develop rheumatic fever before they get rheumatic heart disease. Rheumatic fever itself is a kind of inflammation disease. It occurs due to the bacterial infection of the throat. If it comes for the second time or its reoccurrence is more often – and left untreated, the inflammation can be potential to also cause damage to valves and muscles of heart which then can lead to a condition called rheumatic heart disease.

In general, rheumatic fever is the result of the wrong reaction of body immune system to respond the infection of group-A of streptococcus bacteria. Without known reason, the immune system of patient doesn’t fight the bacterial infection, instead it attack its own body tissues.

As a result, the antibodies produced by the body immune system and the bacterial infection attack certain joints of the body. With the bacterial infection and the wrong respond of the immune system, this can be a great combination to cause damage to the heart and its surrounding muscles & tissues. Eventually, this situation can put you at high risk of heart failure or other problems of heart.


However, the exact link between rheumatic fever and this bacterial infection of throat is also still debatable. But there are more studies show that the weakness of immune system and this strep infection is linked each other.

According to the National Institutes of Health, bacterial infection that affect throat and cause strep throat may contain or produce a protein similar to one naturally found in specific tissues of the body. This may be the answer for why the antibodies from the immune system attack the body tissues.

What else factors can increase your risk?

Like most things in bacterial infections and other inflammation diseases, experts also believe that having a family history of rheumatic heart disease can put someone at greater risk of developing and experiencing the same condition. Other possible risk factors are the unfriendly environmental factors and the kind of strep bacteria itself.

For the environmental factors, bad habits /situations such as living in poor sanitation, cigarette smoking, overcrowding environment may have contribution. And streptococcus pyogenes may be a kind bacterium from group-A streptococcus that may have much more contribution to trigger strep throat infection of rheumatic fever than others.
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Some recent studies still confirm that the rheumatic heart disease causes are the infections that occur in the throat due to bacteria belong to a group-A streptococcus. Nevertheless, experts also believe that there are certain environmental factors and the weakness of the immune body system that also have contribution to trigger the strep throat infection that followed with the wrong respond of body immune system in fighting the infection.

How does streptococcus bacterial infection cause rheumatic heart disease?

Typically, patient will develop rheumatic fever before they get rheumatic heart disease. Rheumatic fever itself is a kind of inflammation disease. It occurs due to the bacterial infection of the throat. If it comes for the second time or its reoccurrence is more often – and left untreated, the inflammation can be potential to also cause damage to valves and muscles of heart which then can lead to a condition called rheumatic heart disease.

In general, rheumatic fever is the result of the wrong reaction of body immune system to respond the infection of group-A of streptococcus bacteria. Without known reason, the immune system of patient doesn’t fight the bacterial infection, instead it attack its own body tissues.

As a result, the antibodies produced by the body immune system and the bacterial infection attack certain joints of the body. With the bacterial infection and the wrong respond of the immune system, this can be a great combination to cause damage to the heart and its surrounding muscles & tissues. Eventually, this situation can put you at high risk of heart failure or other problems of heart.


However, the exact link between rheumatic fever and this bacterial infection of throat is also still debatable. But there are more studies show that the weakness of immune system and this strep infection is linked each other.

According to the National Institutes of Health, bacterial infection that affect throat and cause strep throat may contain or produce a protein similar to one naturally found in specific tissues of the body. This may be the answer for why the antibodies from the immune system attack the body tissues.

What else factors can increase your risk?

Like most things in bacterial infections and other inflammation diseases, experts also believe that having a family history of rheumatic heart disease can put someone at greater risk of developing and experiencing the same condition. Other possible risk factors are the unfriendly environmental factors and the kind of strep bacteria itself.

For the environmental factors, bad habits /situations such as living in poor sanitation, cigarette smoking, overcrowding environment may have contribution. And streptococcus pyogenes may be a kind bacterium from group-A streptococcus that may have much more contribution to trigger strep throat infection of rheumatic fever than others.