What is rheumatic heart valve disease?

  Rheumatic heart valve disease is a chronic pathological change of the heart valves that occurs when patients are infected with rheumatic fever and invade the connective tissue of the heart, which is still relatively common in China.  Rheumatic heart valve disease most often involves the mitral valve, followed by the aortic valve, and tricuspid valve is relatively rare. In the case of heart valve disease, the patient will have more corresponding pathological changes and a more regular heart murmur on auscultation, as well as a mitral stenosis jet on cardiac ultrasound.  Rheumatic heart valve disease, after surgery to rest fully, generally in more than 3 to 6 months, and appropriate activities, and gradually increase their exercise, but of course, should be in a more stable heart function, if the patient has rheumatic heart valve disease, the prevention of colds is also very critical, because after the cold is easy to complicate the respiratory infection and heart inflammation, and aggravate the disease, if the patient has, rheumatic fever If the patient has rheumatic fever, long-acting penicillin can be used for treatment, as well as to observe whether the patient has heart valve involvement, if rheumatic heart valve disease, remember to actively carry out treatment.  Adequate rest, do not smoke, pay attention to changes in blood pressure, prevent infection, etc.