An illness that occurs following a streptococcus infection
(such as a "strep throat") or scarlet fever and predominantly affects chil dren.
Symptoms include fever, pain in the joints, nausea, stomach cramps, and vomiting.
Rheumatic fever can cause long-lasting effects in the skin, joints, heart, and brain.
Rheumatic fever may be followed by Sydenham's chorea and by symptoms characteristic
of obsessive-compulsive disorder or a tic disorder.
The diagnosis of rheumatic fever is made by history and observation. A blood
marker has recently been found for rheumatic fever, but a test is not yet commercially
available.
Treatment is usually by prophylactic antibiotics, as recurrence is common and
can cause further damage to body tissues.
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