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Classroom classification

百科

Pediatric rheumatic fever

儿科综合

Common symptoms

肋间神经痛、类风湿关节炎、淋巴结肿大、发热伴关节肿痛、肌痛、乏力、低热、端坐呼吸

The pathology of disease

Pediatric rheumatic fever is post-group A strep pharyngitis inflammatory disease; Jones criteria; children 5-15.

Symptoms

Migratory polyarthritis; carditis; chorea; erythema marginatum; subcutaneous nodules; fever

Causes

Autoimmune cross-reactivity after group A strep pharyngitis.

Treatment

Penicillin eradicate strep; aspirin; steroids for carditis; long-term prophylaxis

Dept

Pediatrics / cardiology.

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