RHEUMATIC fever, a systemic disease affecting chiefly the heart, has always been considered to be primarily a disorder of childhood with a markedly diminished incidence of initial and recurrent ...

Acute rheumatic fever should be considered in patients with recent pharyngitis and migratory polyarthritis, heart failure, new or worsened mitral regurgitation, chorea, or cutaneous findings. In ...

IN 1945, Gubner and Szucs 1 compared the efficacy of several drugs in the treatment of acute rheumatic fever. They reported that a group of patients treated with ascorbic acid and a succinate compound ...

Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are a spectrum of disorders of overlapping immunopathogenesis, with a prevalence of up to 10% in Western populations and increasing incidence in ...

Rheumatic fever, which is typically referred to as acute rheumatic fever, represents a delayed and non-suppurative consequence of a pharyngeal infection with the group A streptococcus. Group A ...

Rheumatic diseases are inflammatory, autoimmune, and degenerative diseases that can affect the whole body. Rheumatic diseases are more than just aches and pains. They can affect all age groups and ...

Myocarditis in children is a rare yet challenging condition to treat. Diagnosis and treatment includes multiple options, and many cases of myocarditis resolve on their own, according to a new ...