Early treatments could save young hearts
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- Rheumatic heart disease can cause permanent heart damage if doctors do not detect and treat it early.
- Fiji Health Minister Dr Atonio Lalabalavu says children and young people face particular risk, and the disease remains a serious health concern in Fiji.
Rheumatic heart disease can leave children and young people with lifelong heart damage when doctors fail to detect and treat it early.
Fiji Health Minister Dr Atonio Lalabalavu says the disease remains a serious health concern in the country. He warned that a simple throat infection can develop into a condition that permanently damages the heart.
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