How is o of haemolysin of fight Streptococcus on the high side to return a responsibility

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Now there are a lot of elderly people will have some rheumatic diseases, but we have not known how rheumatism is caused. Now we can tell you what happened to the high level of anti streptolysin o.

How is o of haemolysin of fight Streptococcus on the high side to return a responsibility

First, a metabolite produced by hemolytic streptococcus can dissolve red blood cells, and the normal value is generally below 500 units. If it is higher than 500 units, it indicates that there has been hemolytic streptococcus infection recently. Some patients with elevated anti-o level but no joint pain and other symptoms can not be regarded as suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, but can only indicate that there has been hemolytic streptococcus infection and tonsillitis recently, Pharyngitis, scarlet fever and other diseases.

Second, rheumatoid arthritis is indeed related to anti streptolysin O, and generally speaking, the high level of anti streptolysin O will cause some nephrotic syndrome.

Third, Streptococcus may also be mixed in, some of them are involved in the infection, so anti "O" appears. Therefore, it is suggested to do some relevant examination. In addition, if there is no other abnormality, it may only have been infected, which can not explain the current situation

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If the anti streptolysin O is on the high side, some penicillin can be used to make the anti streptolysin O return to the normal value.