Rheumatic fever is a complication of a bacterial infection triggered by an atypical immune response. Rheumatic heart disease is a complication of rheumatic fever characterized by damage to the valves ...

Rheumatic fever (RF) is a fairly rare inflammatory condition in developed countries that can develop as a complication of untreated strep throat caused by group A streptococcal infections. It ...

Symptoms of rheumatic fever include arthritic pain around the joints, fever, fatigue, uncontrollable jerky movements, skin rashes, chest pains, difficulty breathing, and a faster than usual heart rate ...

If a person does not receive treatment for rheumatic fever or experiences it multiple times, they could develop a long-term health condition that affects the heart. This condition is rheumatic heart ...

Risk factors for developing rheumatic fever (RF) in patients with sore throat (ST) in endemic areas include a positive group A streptococcal (GAS) swab, history of previous RF, and a cardiac murmur.

A review found rheumatic conditions cause 22.2% of global cases of fever and inflammation of unknown origin. Rheumatic conditions are a common cause of fever of unknown origin (FUO) and inflammation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . It took more than 100 years and the work of dozens of dedicated clinicians and researchers to grasp the true ...

ACUTE rheumatic fever, in the absence of intercurrent streptococcal respiratory infections and rheumatic recrudescences, is generally a self-limited disease that subsides within twelve weeks. 1 ...

Research led by the University of Otago in New Zealand has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that household overcrowding is a major risk factor for acute rheumatic fever and streptococcal ...

ACCORDING to an article in the September issue of the Statistical Bulletin of New York, war conditions generally favour an increase of rheumatic fever in the armed forces. This was seen not only in ...