Davis County Clipper | 1966-11-18 | Page 24 | Rheumatic Fever

Rheumatic Fever Take your medicine as prescribed prescribed pre pre- scribed exercise regularly cut down or out cigarette smoking and you'll do your heart a great servIce This is the good news reported at a recent meeting of the American Heart tion I II I ACCORDING TO a study of children and adolescents with a history of rheumatic fever fever fe- fe ver those who took their prescrIbed prescribed pre pre- scrIbed prophylactic medication medication medica- medica tion regularly were significantly significant significant- ly less likely to suffer recur recur- The size of the tonsils also affected recurrences Tho Those s C with s small mall tonsils who neglected neglect neglect- ed their medication were four I times more to be stricken I again than those who stuck with their medication Youngsters with large tonsils who didn't follow the doctors doctor's orders six times as likely re- re