Rheumatic fever is most common in children under 16, and it can lead to severe, lasting complications. In this article, learn about risk factors, diagnosis, and more. Medical News Today ...

Rheumatic fever is a serious condition that can develop after an untreated strep throat infection caused by group A streptococcus bacteria. It often affects children and teens and may lead to long ...

Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is a group of heart disorders caused by rheumatic fever, an inflammatory disease that primarily affects the heart, joints, skin, and brain. If not treated on time, it ...

The rheumatic fever risk factors study was funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) Rheumatic Fever Research Partnership (supported by the New Zealand Ministry of Health, Te Puni ...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is the result of an autoimmune response to pharyngitis caused by infection with group A Streptococcus. The long-term damage to cardiac valves caused by ARF, which can ...

Poorer households with too many milling around are potential breeding grounds of acute rheumatic fever (ARF), warn New Zealand researchers. The country has one of the highest reported rates of ...

INTEREST in the pathophysiology of the systemic rheumatic diseases has been revitalized by the discovery of the serum factors that produce the L.E. cell in disseminated lupus erythematosus and the ...

There are general risk factors for patients with rheumatic disease developing interstitial lung disease, but there are also disease-specific risk factors depending on which rheumatic disease they ...

One of the abstracts chosen for presentation in the scientific session on Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) in children and young people, focused on the factors associated with ...