Nancy
Well-known member
My husband has had rheumatic fever as a youth and has had 3 valve surgeries as a result of that, but in addition, he has also had lung problems. He never smoked in his life, never worked with asbestos, never had asthma or other chronic lung problems.
But he has had 2 lung surgeries one for a benign tumor, (an amyloidoma) and the other lung had partially collapsed because scar tissue had formed a "trapped lung". He had to have a decortication on that lung.
My question is for others on this site who have had rheumatic fever. Have any of you experienced lung problems in addition to your heart problems, which seem to have no known origin?
I was wondering if rheumatic fever can also cause lung diseases later in life.
But he has had 2 lung surgeries one for a benign tumor, (an amyloidoma) and the other lung had partially collapsed because scar tissue had formed a "trapped lung". He had to have a decortication on that lung.
My question is for others on this site who have had rheumatic fever. Have any of you experienced lung problems in addition to your heart problems, which seem to have no known origin?
I was wondering if rheumatic fever can also cause lung diseases later in life.