CURRENT TRENDS IN THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF RHEUMATIC FEVER AND RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE (REVIEW)

The purpose of the work is to analyze the evolution of the clinical course, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and chronic rheumatic heart disease (RHD), antibiotic therapy of streptococcal infection, using modern analysis of modern literature and our own observations. Diagnostic criteria for the disease were revised. Improving the capabilities of echocardiography can improve the prognosis of the disease through the early use of treatment and prevention. The level of ORL / RHD correlates with the economic development of countries. Mutation of the etiological factor of rheumatism - ß-HSA, the formation of antibiotic resistance, increased migration, tourist activity in countries with high morbidity due to ß-HSA can lead to new outbreaks of this infection. Prevention ARF/RHD is multistage. Thus, using the experience of healthcare in different countries, new approaches to prevention can improve disease control.