Rheumatic fever : Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that occurs following a Streptococcus pyogenes infection, such as streptococcal pharyngitis. The disease can affect the heart, joints, skin, and brain
Symptoms
• Abdominal pain
• Fever
• Heart (cardiac) problems, which may not have symptoms, or may result in shortness of breath and chest pain
• Joint pain, arthritis (mainly in the knees, elbows, ankles, and wrists)
• Joint swelling; redness or warmth
• Nosebleeds (epistaxis)
• Skin nodules
• Skin rash (erythema marginatum)
o Skin eruption on the trunk and upper part of the arms or legs
o Eruptions that look ring-shaped or snake-like
• Sydenham chorea (emotional instability, muscle weakness and quick, uncoordinated jerky movements that mainly affect the face, feet, and hands)
Treated with antibiotics like penicillin, erythromycin, sulfadiazine anti-inflammatory agents, corticosteroids
Rheumatic fever : Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that occurs following a Streptococcus pyogenes infection, such as streptococcal pharyngitis. The disease can affect the heart, joints, skin, and brain
Symptoms
• Abdominal pain
• Fever
• Heart (cardiac) problems, which may not have symptoms, or may result in shortness of breath and chest pain
• Joint pain, arthritis (mainly in the knees, elbows, ankles, and wrists)
• Joint swelling; redness or warmth
• Nosebleeds (epistaxis)
• Skin nodules
• Skin rash (erythema marginatum)
o Skin eruption on the trunk and upper part of the arms or legs
o Eruptions that look ring-shaped or snake-like
• Sydenham chorea (emotional instability, muscle weakness and quick, uncoordinated jerky movements that mainly affect the face, feet, and hands)
Treated with antibiotics like penicillin, erythromycin, sulfadiazine anti-inflammatory agents, corticosteroids