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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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• Definition
• Rheumatic Fever Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Rheumatic Fever Symptoms & Signs
• Rheumatic Fever Prevention
• Rheumatic Fever Diagnosis & Tests
• Rheumatic Fever Treatment
• Rheumatic Fever Prognosis
• Rheumatic Fever Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Arrhythmias
• Arthritis
• Endocarditis
• Heart Failure
• Mitral Stenosis
• Myocarditis
• Pericarditis
• Scarlet Fever
• Strep Throat
Tests & Exams
• ASO Titer
• ESR
Other Topics
• Fever
• Movement - Unpredictable or Jerky
• Nosebleed
• Subcutaneous
Review Date : 8/11/2003
Reviewed By : Kenneth Wener, M.D., Department of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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