31. Brown blames his own failures on the liquor bottle and bouts of rheumatic fever . 32. Rheumatic fever is common worldwide and responsible for many cases of damaged heart valves.33. In January 1920, Parater became very ill with rheumatic fever . 34. Many have gone into hospitals and clinics complaining of hypertension, rheumatic fever and renal infection. 35. The surgery was done to replace valves damaged because of rheumatic fever he had suffered. 36. He contracted bacterial endocarditis brought on by the rheumatic fever he had as a child. 37. His career was nearly ended when he was hospitalized for 12 months with rheumatic fever . 38. In 1951, 9-year-old Carol Robertson was confined to bed for six months with rheumatic fever . 39. Rheumatic fever is triggered by an invading bacterium that elicits antibodies from the immune system.40. At eighteen he became totally deaf and nearly blind as a result of rheumatic fever .
