Rheumatic Fever
Alternate Names : Acute Rheumatic Fever
Rheumatic Fever Symptoms & Signs
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Fever
- Joint pain, migratory arthritis -- involving primarily knees, elbows, ankles, and wrists
- Joint swelling; redness or warmth
- Abdominal pain
- Skin rash (erythema marginatum)
- Skin eruption on the trunk and upper part of arms or legs
- Eruptions that are ring-shaped or snake-like in appearance
- Skin nodules
- Sydenham's chorea -- emotional instability, muscular weakness and rapid, uncoordinated jerky movements affecting primarily the face, feet and hands
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Epistaxis (nosebleeds)
- Cardiac (heart) involvement which may be asymptomatic or may result in shortness of breath, chest pain
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