A young boy suffers from untreated rheumatic heart disease. Though many common infections are caused by viruses and don't require antibiotics, others have serious health consequences if they are not properly diagnosed and treated. The infection then progressed to rheumatic fever, which resulted in damaged valves that force his heart to work much harder. Dr. Cynthia trains her medics to identify which patients have viral illnesses that will get better on their own, and which require antibiotics to prevent death and disability. P.O. Box 1774, Sebastopol, CA 95473, tel.
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