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1. Rheumatic fever - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatic_fever
Description: WEBRheumatic fever (RF) is an inflammatory disease that can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain. The disease typically develops two to four weeks after a streptococcal throat infection . [2] Signs and symptoms include fever , multiple painful joints , involuntary muscle movements , and occasionally a characteristic non- itchy rash known as ...
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2. Rheumatic fever - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Link: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rheumatic-fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20354588
Description: WEBDec 2, 2023 · Overview. Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that can develop when strep throat or scarlet fever isn't properly treated. Strep throat and scarlet fever are caused by an infection with streptococcus (strep-toe-KOK-us) bacteria. Rheumatic fever most often affects children ages 5 to 15.
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3. Rheumatic Fever: All You Need to Know | CDC
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/groupastrep/diseases-public/rheumatic-fever.html
Description: WEBRheumatic fever (acute rheumatic fever) is a condition that can affect the heart, joints, brain, and skin. Rheumatic fever can develop if strep throat, scarlet fever, and strep skin infections are not treated properly. On This Page. Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory condition. How you get rheumatic fever.
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4. Rheumatic Fever: Causes, Symptoms (Rash) & Treatment
Link: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16616-rheumatic-fever
Description: WEBJun 14, 2023 · Rheumatic fever is a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of your child’s tissues and organs. Healthcare providers also call it acute rheumatic fever. The condition occurs when your child’s immune system overreacts to an untreated strep throat or scarlet fever infection.
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5. Rheumatic Fever: Causes, Treatment, and Prevention - Healthline
Link: https://www.healthline.com/health/rheumatic-fever
Description: WEBMay 23, 2018 · Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. Treatments. Risk factors. Prevention. Complications. Outlook. What is rheumatic fever? Rheumatic fever is one of the complications associated with strep throat....
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6. Rheumatic fever - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Link: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rheumatic-fever/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20354594
Description: WEBDec 2, 2023 · The goals of treatment for rheumatic fever are to: Treat the infection. Ease symptoms. Control swelling, called inflammation. Prevent the condition from returning. Medicines. Rheumatic fever is treated with medicines, including: Antibiotics. Penicillin or another antibiotic is usually given to kill the strep bacteria.
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7. Acute rheumatic fever: Treatment and prevention - UpToDate
Link: https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-rheumatic-fever-treatment-and-prevention
Description: WEBDec 9, 2023 · Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a nonsuppurative complication of pharyngeal infection with group A Streptococcus (GAS). Signs and symptoms of ARF develop two to three weeks following pharyngitis and include arthritis, carditis, chorea, subcutaneous nodules, and erythema marginatum [ 1 ].
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8. Acute Rheumatic Fever: Information For Clinicians | CDC
Link: https://www.cdc.gov/groupastrep/diseases-hcp/acute-rheumatic-fever.html
Description: WEBAcute rheumatic fever is a delayed sequela of pharyngitis and skin infections due to Streptococcus pyogenes, which are also called group A Streptococcus (group A strep). The etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment options, prognosis and complications, and prevention are described below.
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9. Acute Rheumatic Fever - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK594238/
Description: WEBAug 2, 2023 · Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an abnormal immunologic response to group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections, most commonly tonsillopharyngitis. ARF affects multiple organ systems and may have cardiac, neurologic, musculoskeletal, or dermatological manifestations. While ARF most commonly occurs in children, it can affect people of any …
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10. Acute Rheumatic Fever | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Link: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/acute-rheumatic-fever
Description: WEBRheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that may develop after an infection with a streptococcus bacteria (such as in strep throat or scarlet fever). The disease can affect the joints, heart, skin and brain. Symptoms include: Fever. Joint pain, arthritis. Joint swelling, redness. Abdominal pain. Skin rash.