I want to know all about "Rumatic-Heart-disease".What is "Rumatic fever" ?

I have to take "Peniciline injection (Dose: 12 lak)" 30 times !Is the injection is a staroid?Plz rply .I want Doctor's opinion.

hi my dad had rumaticfeverat a very young age and 12 years ago it caused him to have a heartvalve replacement he has a saint jude mechanical valve because rumaticfever damaged his valve any problems with your heart valves because of this? please email me back was hoping to find someone to talk with who actually experienced this hope your doing well

Hi - Rheumatic fever is a condition that potentially ocurs after a streptococcal throat infection that goes untreated with antibiotics - the body produces antibodies to the strep, but these antibodies also affect the heart and other organs in some people. This is potentially serious (again, especially the heart effects); and so it needs to be monitored and treated. One of the treatments is penicillin, which is an antibiotic against streptococcus. It is not a steroid.
If you leave rheumatic fever untreated, or do not stick to your treatment, you may damage your heart valves (permanently), and this is called rheumatic heart disease.

For these reasons, a strep throat should always be treated with an antibiotic. Other causes of throat infections (esp. viruses) do not require antibiotics as urgently, or at all.