PPT-Acute Rheumatic Fever: Diagnostic

and Management Didik Hariyanto Indry Putri Festari SymCARD 4 th 2014 Pediatric Cardiology Subdivision Division of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine Faculty Medicine Universitas. 7NITD TDYITDIPP IN7NUTICFCUPNNTT D ITCDUTICTDI Is there a cure for rheumatic fever 4NICDUTCUITNTTCKF UTICFUUYUBIDWITINFWWKT FWNT BUTTDYTFIF4T WYPNTINIIPTNT If my child has had rheumatic fever must I restrict his or her activities TCIDNDNTNDTTICTIITIT RHEUMATIC FEVER. Acute, recurrent inflammatory disease . in children 5-15 yrs old (rarely adults). Characterized by inflammatory changes in the fibrous tissue of different organs mainly the heart and joints.. . THROATS. HURTING HEARTS. Rheumatic Fever. . is a serious illness . caused by a sore throat (strep throat). is an inflammatory disease that causes . the brain . and joints to become inflamed and swollen. DIAGNOSIS. Staff Conference. Cherie Marie A. . Tecson. , M.D.. 18 July 2008. R.C.. General Data. 9 year old male. Filipino. Roman Catholic. Chief complaint: Joint pain. History of Present Illness. 2 years PTC. Acute rheumatic fever usually affects children and young adults. between the ages of 5 and 15 years.. Pathogenesis. -The condition is triggered by an immune-mediated delayed response to infection with specific strains of group A streptococci, which have antigens that cross-react with cardiac myosin and . Pericarditis. • inflammation of the pericardium. Causes:.  may result from bacterial, viral or fungal infection.  can be assoc. w/ systemic diseases such as autoimmune. disorders, rheumatic fever, tuberculosis, cancer, leukemia,. Huashan. Hospital, . Fudan. University. Fever. Normal body temperature:. 37. o. C (set . point). Circadian variation <1. o. C . ：. 36.3 - . 37.2. o. C. . rectal T 0.4. o. C > oral T 0. 4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Branch. Queensland Health. RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE. A plan of action for Queensland. “While acute rheumatic fever has become a rare curiosity in Australia’s non-Indigenous population, its incidence in Indigenous Australians living in remote areas remains among the highest reported in the world. It is unlikely that such a stark contrast between two populations living within the same national borders exists for any other disease or on any other continent.” . TONSILS. . The palatine tonsils are sub epithelial lymphoid collections situated in- between the faucial pillars. These help in protecting the respiratory and alimentary tract from bacterial invasions and are thus prone to frequent attacks of infections. Infections can be acute and chronic.. The initiative primarily set out to guide clinicians, mainly . rheumatologists, but also in some countries internists and immunologists, who have to play a pivotal role in developing with the oncologists a patient-centred approach to improve the diagnosis and the management of rheumatic immune-related adverse events (irAEs).. Rheumatic Fever. . is a serious illness . caused by a sore throat (strep throat). is an inflammatory disease that causes . the brain . and joints to become inflamed and swollen. can make children . Sowmya. V R. . Asst . prof. . Child health nursing dept . . Subharti. university. Prepared by : . Sowmya. V R. Asst . prof. . Child health nursing dept . . Subharti. university. OVER VIEW. Review article - Published online: 2021-04-13 . The more than seven decades old Jones criteria for diagnosis and management of rheumatic fever (RF) should only form a skeleton base for today's way of diagnosis and management of RHD and not copied ad verbatim. By: Nader . Alaridah. MD, PhD. STREPTOCOCCUS. The “other” Gram positive Coccus. Some are members of the normal human microbiota; others are associated with important human diseases attributable to the direct effects of infection by streptococci or in other cases to an immunologic response to them.