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NT First Nations people account for half of acute rheumatic fever cases
Words: Alex Treacy
New figures show the NT saw more diagnoses in 2022 of acute rheumatic fever, the precursor to life-threatening rheumatic heart disease, among First Nations people than all other states and territories combined.Acute rheumatic fever, caused by untreated streptococcus bacterial infections, typically those of the throat or skin, such as scabies or impetigo, has a high rate of recurrence, leading to its more serious evolution into rheumatic heart disease.In Australia, First Nations people are particularly susceptible to acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, as the infections that lead to their development are rife in overcrowded, remote housing.And nowhere are they more susceptible than in the Northern Territory, where 57 per cent of Indigenous people live in overcrowded dwellings.
																																								

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