Question

1. A 40-year old woman with a history of heart valve abnormality is having dental surgery.  Before the procedure the dentist requires her to take antibiotics.

   a. What disease is the dentist trying to prevent? endocarditis

   b. How would a dental procedure expose the woman to this disease? An infected tooth is a focal site of bacterial infection and she is more susceptible to endocarditis because she has a heart valve abnormality (damaged heart), which provides another site for bacterial colonization.

   c. What heart tissue would be infected during this disease?

   d. What type of growth is diagnostic for this disease?

   e. What other population is at high risk for this disease? Intravenous drug users are at high risk from contaminated syringes.

Answer 1

Ans

A- Rheumatic hreart disease can occure due to throat infection .that's the dentist try to prevent

B- As during dental there may occur the infection of streptococcus infection and lead to Rheumatic hreart disease

C-leaflet of the valve of the heart

D-vegetative growth occur in case of Rheumatic hreart disease becuse the leaf are damage by antibodies due to streptococcus and then these damaged leaflet are prone to infection of other bacteria,fungus etc and lead to vegatative growth

E- intravenous drug users , immunocompromised people,

5-15 year children,this 5-15 year population is most prone to infection