Rheumatic Fever Prevention, Treatment, and Siddha Remedies

Rheumatic fever (RF) is an inflammatory disease that can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain. The disease typically develops two to four weeks after a streptococcal throat infection. The heart is involved in about half of the cases. Damage to the heart valves, known as rheumatic heart disease (RHD). The damaged valves may result in heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and infection of the valves. Rheumatic fever occurs in about 325,000 children each year and about 33.4 million people currently have rheumatic heart disease. Having considered rheumatic fever the most inflammatory disease, Siddha Spirituality of Swami Hardas Life System brings in-depth information for well-being.

Rheumatic fever Meaning

One of the complications associated with strep throat is rheumatic fever. It’s a relatively serious illness that usually appears in children between the ages of 5 and 15. However, older children and adults have been known to contract the illness as well.

What is strep throat?

Strep throat is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation and pain in the throat. This common condition is caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria. Strep throat can affect children and adults of all ages.

Risk factors for rheumatic fever

Factors that increase your child’s chances of developing rheumatic fever include:

• Family history. Certain genes make you more likely to develop rheumatic fever.
• Type of strep bacteria present. Certain strains are more likely than others to lead to rheumatic fever.
• Environmental factors present in developing countries, such as overcrowding.

Rheumatic fever Symptoms

The disease typically develops two to four weeks after a throat infection. Symptoms include:

• Fever,
• Painful joints with those joints affected changing with time,
• Involuntary muscle movements, and
• Occasionally a characteristic non-itchy rash is known as erythema marginatum.

Damage to the heart valves usually occurs only after multiple attacks but may occasionally occur after a single case of RF. The damaged valves may result in heart failure and also increase the risk of atrial fibrillation and infection of the valves.

Rheumatic fever Causes

Rheumatic fever is caused by a bacterium called group A Streptococcus. This bacterium causes strep throat or, in a small percentage of people, scarlet fever. It’s an inflammatory disorder.

Rheumatic fever causes the body to attack its own tissues. This reaction causes widespread inflammation throughout the body, which is the basis for all symptoms of rheumatic fever.

Rheumatic fever Diagnosis

Exceptions are chorea and indolent carditis, each of which by itself can indicate rheumatic fever.

Signs of a preceding streptococcal infection include:

• Recent scarlet fever,
• Raised antistreptolysin O or other streptococcal antibody titers, or
• Positive throat culture.

The last revision of 2015 suggested variable diagnostic criteria in low-risk and high-risk populations to avoid overdiagnosis in the first category and underdiagnosis in the last one. 

Major criteria of Rheumatic fever

Joint manifestations

Joint manifestations are the unique clinical signs that have different implications for different population-risk categories:

• Only polyarthritis (a temporary migrating inflammation of the large joints, usually starting in the legs and migrating upwards) is considered as a major criterion in low-risk populations,
• Monoarthritis,
• Polyarthritis, and
• Polyarthralgia (joint pain without swelling) are all included as major criteria in high-risk populations.

Carditis

Carditis can involve:

• Pericardium (pericarditis which resolves without sequelae),
• Some regions of the myocardium (which might not provoke systolic dysfunction), and
• More consistently the endocardium is in the form of valvulitis.

Carditis is diagnosed clinically (palpitations, shortness of breath, heart failure, or a new heart murmur) or by echocardiography/Doppler studies revealing mitral or aortic valvulitis. 

Subcutaneous nodules

Painless, firm collections of collagen fibers over bones or tendons. They commonly appear on the back of the wrist, the outside elbow, and the front of the knees.

Erythema marginatum

A long-lasting reddish rash that begins on the trunk or arms as macules, which spread outward and clear in the middle to form rings, which continue to spread and coalesce with other rings, ultimately taking on a snake-like appearance.

Sydenham’s chorea

A characteristic series of involuntary rapid movements of the face and arms. This can occur very late in the disease for at least three months from the onset of infection.

Minor criteria of Rheumatic fever

• Arthralgia: Polyarthralgia in low-risk populations and monoarthralgia in others. However, joint manifestations cannot be considered in both major and minor categories in the same patient.
• Fever: 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in low-incidence populations and 38 °C (100.4 °F) in high-risk populations.
• Raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (60 mm in the first hour in lox-risk populations and mm/h in others) or C reactive protein (>3.0 mg/dL).
• ECG showing a prolonged PR interval after accounting for age variability (cannot be included if carditis is present as a major symptom)

Rheumatic fever Prevention

Prevention is feasible by effectively and promptly treating strep throat with antibiotics. As of 2017, the evidence to support long-term antibiotics in those with the underlying disease is poor.

The American Heart Association suggests that dental health be maintained and that people with a history of bacterial endocarditis, a heart transplant, artificial heart valves, or some types of congenital heart defects may wish to consider long-term antibiotic prophylaxis.

Rheumatic fever Treatment

The management of rheumatic fever is directed toward the reduction of inflammation with anti-inflammatory medications such as aspirin or corticosteroids. Individuals with positive cultures for strep throat should also be treated with antibiotics.

One should watch for side effects like gastritis and salicylate poisoning. In children and teenagers, the use of aspirin and aspirin-containing products can be associated with Reye’s syndrome, a serious and potentially deadly condition.

Vaccine for Rheumatic fever

No vaccines are currently available to protect against S. pyogenes infection, although research is underway to develop one. Difficulties in developing a vaccine include the wide variety of strains of S. pyogenes present in the environment and the large amount of time and people that will be needed for appropriate trials for the safety and efficacy of the vaccine.

Infection

People with positive cultures for Streptococcus pyogenes should be treated with penicillin as long as allergy is not present. The use of antibiotics will not alter cardiac involvement in the development of rheumatic fever. Some suggest the use of benzathine benzylpenicillin.

Another important cornerstone in treating rheumatic fever includes the continual use of low-dose antibiotics to prevent a recurrence.

Inflammation

The use of steroids may prevent further scarring of tissue and may prevent the development of sequelae such as mitral stenosis.

Heart failure

Some patients develop significant carditis which manifests as congestive heart failure. This requires the usual treatment for heart failure, which include:

• ACE inhibitors,
• Diuretics,
• Beta-blockers,
• Digoxin.

Unlike typical heart failure, rheumatic heart failure responds well to corticosteroids.

Siddha remedies for Rheumatic fever

1. Siddha preventive measures

Everybody must practice Siddha preventive measures, whether a person is affected with Rheumatic fever or not, but preventive measures are the primary steps for switching on to any other Siddha remedies, and hence they are important. It helps in one’s capability, effectiveness, and productivity, decision-making power, intellectuality, and removing minor health problems. There are three types of preventive measures:

• Earthing – performed for removing and earthing the negativity of our body
• Field cleaning – cleans the energy field (Aura) of our body
• Siddha brain exercise/Energizing – energizes our brain for proper functionality

Everybody’s tendency is to get attracted to the word ‘free, however, don’t neglect even these Siddha preventive measures are free. Avail of the benefits by practicing them sincerely, and regularly. For the ease of understanding what Siddha preventive measures are, please watch a video for a live demonstration.

2. Siddha Shaktidata Yog for Rheumatic fever

This unique Siddha Shaktidata Yog of Siddha Spirituality can solve the problems related to Rheumatic fever with Siddha remedies. There is no compulsion of training of ‘Swami Hardas Life System’ methods. This not only gives benefits to self but also it can be used for other affected persons, whether a person is in the same house, distantly available in the same city, same nation, or might be in any corner of the world, however, both the procedures have been explained here.

3. Siddha Kalyan Sadhana

Recite this Sadhana with a Sankalp “My problems of Rheumatic fever are solved as early as possible and I should gain health”, which should be repeated in mind 3 – 3 times every after each stanza. Any person irrespective of caste, creed, religion, faith, sex, and age can recite this Sadhana for free, which should be repeated at least twice a day. To know more, please click on this link.

4. CCPE products 

These products work on the concepts of ‘Conceptual Creative Positive Energy’ (CCPE) within the provisions of the ‘CCPE Life System’ and the theory of Quantum Technology to a certain extent. However, the products get activated only whenever touched by a human and then they become capable of solving the problem and achieving health. However, please use these products for Rheumatic fever as mentioned below:

CCPE Extractor: The CCPE Extractor should be gently moved over the Agya Chakra in a circular motion at least for 30 to 60 seconds, thereafter, follow the same process on both shoulders, throat, chest, and naval which finishes within almost 3-6 minutes.

CCPE Booster: Keep one Booster over the Agya Chakra and another over both shoulders, throat, chest, and naval for 3 minutes. You may need to have 6 Boosters, which establishes positivity. 

CCPE Booster Powder: Mix a pinch of CCPE booster powder with a few drops of coconut oil and make a paste. Apply it over both shoulders, throat, chest, and naval and leave it for about 30 minutes. Repeat the process every after 2 hours.

5. UAM (Understanding, Awakening, Movement) for Rheumatic fever

For quick and effective results, it is advisable to learn the unique methods of the Swami Hardas Life System. A trained person can only apply the UAM method himself/herself and become capable of healing others.

A daily routine for Rheumatic fever

In general, a daily routine may look like this:

• Consume Sattvic diet
• Perform breathing exercises regularly
• Apply free Siddha remedies a minimum 3 times a day, as explained above
• Practice Ananda meditation regularly
• Do Siddha Nyasa regularly
• Perform Swayamsiddha Agnihotra daily, if feasible
• In case, if someone wishes to learn advanced methods of Swami Hardas Life System, undergo unique training

Ensure to sprinkle in some fun during the day: Don’t forget to relax and laugh in between. Laughing is a great way to boost your immune system and help you.

Along with all the above activities, apply above explained free Siddha remedies minimum 3 times a day, the more is good. Just try the methods of Siddha Spirituality of Swami Hardas Life System. I am confident that you will surely find improvements within 3 days.

Training of Swami Hardas Life System

Any health, peace, and progress-related problem can be solved independently by undergoing Swami Hardas Life System training. It needs no money and medicines. Any person irrespective of religion, caste, creed, faith, sex, and age can undergo this unique training.

Conclusion

Because of the above, I am confident that you have learned about Rheumatic fever, meaning, symptoms, risk factors, causes, diagnosis, prevention, and Siddha remedies. Now, you have become self-sufficient, hence it’s the right time to use your acquired knowledge for solving problems as per the provision available in Siddha Spirituality of Swami Hardas Life System.

However, keep learning and practicing the free Siddha remedies, which would help guide how to solve various problems regarding health, peace, and progress, without money and medicines.

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Frequently asked questions

Here are a few frequently asked questions regarding Rheumatic fever. Before posting your query, kindly go through them:

What is Rheumatic fever? It’s a relatively serious illness that usually appears in children between the ages of 5 and 15.

 

What are the best Siddha remedies for Rheumatic fever? In general, a daily routine of Siddha remedies may look like this: Consume Sattvic diet, Perform breathing exercises regularly, Apply free Siddha remedies a minimum 3 times a day, as explained above, Practice Ananda meditation regularly, Do Siddha Nyasa regularly, Perform Swayamsiddha Agnihotra daily, if feasible. In case, if someone wishes to learn advanced methods of Swami Hardas Life System, undergo unique training. Ensure to sprinkle in some fun during the day: Don’t forget to relax and laugh in between. Laughing is a great way to boost your immune system and help you.

Reference:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatic_fever
• https://www.healthline.com/health/rheumatic-fever#outlook
• https://www.healthline.com/health/rheumatic-fever#causes