ENDOCARDITIS
Disease information
ENDOCARDITIS
Is
disease
which it produces the inflammation of endocardio, that is the internal wall of the cameras and valves of the heart, those that most frequently are affected by her.
By its characteristics they can be tipificar in:
acute and subacute
bacterial
endocarditis
and nonbacterial trombólica
endocarditis
.
By its characteristics and high indices of mortality, it must suitably be dealed with and multidiciplinaria form opportunely, with an equipment constituted by
a
infectólogo, microbiologist, cardiologist and
a
cardiovascular
surgeon.
It affects mainly to people between the 45 and 50 years and with
a
slight predominance in the men.
It is generally of
infectious
origin
and it is developed when the
bacteria
invade the sanguineous torrent, by some
disease
of the skin,
dental
procedure or surgery, in special with operations of the colon,
urinary
routes or of gynecological type.
Between the
bacteria
responsible for most of the cases, they are the estreptococos, enterococos and estafilococos.
Although any person can
develop
endocarditis
, at the east present time
problem
is very frequent between the
addict
ones to drugs by intravenous route and in people with
diseases
of the
cardiac
valves, mainly those that have artificial valves or suffer certain
congenital
cardiac
defects.
IMPORTANT:
The content of this note is informative and it does not replace the medical diagnosis, reason why we do not become people in
charge
on its use.
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