In speaking with my sister yesterday about my current PMR and psoriatic arthritis conditions, she reminded me that I had had rheumatic fever for which I was hospitalized for five days at the age of 7. (The treatment was intramuscular penicillin shots in the butt with the large-bore needles of the day; I still shudder from the memory!) This caused me to wonder whether that episode could have any connection to my rheumatic symptoms that showed up in my late teens and my continued sporadic disease ever since. A quick scan of articles about rheumatic fever indicates the danger of heart damage but no connection to later rheumatic disease. (Doctors have told me that my heart was not affected by my childhood rheumatic fever.)
Does anyone know of any connection between rheumatic fever and later rheumatic disease?
Can inflammation cause other problems later on?
Can I take Alendronic Acid later in the day?
It's old but that doesn't make it wrong:
ard.bmj.com/content/annrheu...
You may find it interesting but remember that definitions then and now may differ.
Thank you! I appreciate your finding this article for me.
~Fascinating reading - amazing how you can pull these out of a hat PMRpro. Thank you as always
Wonderful thing google used properly