Jalil was diagnosed with rheumatic fever aged just seven. A paediatric cardiologist says more patients are presenting with the 'third world' condition in large regional centres.
Lynette Bullio's son Jalil was just seven years old when he found out he would need painful injections each month until at least his 21st birthday.Overcrowding and poor access to healthcare are major risk factorsThe Cairns boy was limping around but he and his mother thought it was because he had tripped over at school.
"It still is traumatic, I think, when I talk about it and realise how huge this disease is," Ms Bullio said.Jalil Bullio was hospitalised with acute rheumatic fever aged seven and now receives treatment for rheumatic heart disease.Ben Reeves, a paediatric cardiologist at Cairns Hospital, said while the disease was often associated with isolated communities he still saw new cases of rheumatic fever in Cairns children every week.
Children aged 5 to 15 are at the highest risk and repeated infections can lead to rheumatic heart disease. "It's a terrible shame for Australia that we have elements of our population that are not receiving the top standard healthcare and are suffering from an entirely preventable disease that we would normally associate with third world countries," Dr Reeves said.
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