Life Style of Preparatory School Students suffering from Rheumatic Fever

Abstract

Rheumatic Fever (RF) is a post infectious, immunologic response to untreated or inadequately treated Group A β-Hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS) pharyngitis occurring in genetically susceptibility students. Up to 30% of sore throats in students and young people are caused by GAS, and 0.3% to 3% of young people with an untreated GAS sore throat will develop RF. Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is the only chronic sequel to ARF, with lifelong consequences. As such, ARF and RHD are potentially preventable diseases with timely, adequate and appropriate antibiotic treatment of streptococcal pharyngitis (Arvind & Ramakrishnan, 2020). Rheumatic fever had an impact on the most of the life style of the preparatory school age students. It affected the dietary habits of the majority of the students with illiterate parents. Psychological state of most of the studied students was affected. Rheumatic fever requires long-term