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HEART DISEASES: RELATED DISORDERS
Congenital heart disease
This means heart trouble that is present at birth. One example of which you may have heard is a so-called blue baby. In these babies, the blood does not flow properly from the heart to the lungs. Some congenital abnormalities do not reveal themselves until later in life.
Syphilitic heart disease
Syphilis can damage the circulatory system, most often by injuring the aorta, the main artery leading from the heart. It is especially dangerous when it damages the valve that separates the heart from the aorta.
Rheumatic fever is a frequent cause of heart disease. Children and young adults are most often the victims, but many adults suffer heart injury because of rheumatic fever they had when younger.
Bacterial endocarditis
This serious disease was formerly invariably fatal, but can now often be cured with penicillin and other antibiotics. It most commonly occurs in people whose heart valves have already been affected by rheumatic fever. It also occurs in people who have congenital abnormalities of the heart valves. Bacteria, carried by the bloodstream, infect these areas.
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