rheumatic fever
Let an agent explain rheumatic fever in general terms, relay cause, features, the link to strep throat, prevention and rheumatic heart disease from medical sources, route sore throat and cardiac symptoms, and distinguish rheumatic fever from rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthritis, other causes of carditis and scarlet fever, without diagnosing individuals.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain rheumatic fever in general terms, relay cause, features, the link to strep throat, prevention and rheumatic heart disease from medical sources, route sore throat and cardiac symptoms, and distinguish rheumatic fever from rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthritis, other causes of carditis and scarlet fever, without diagnosing individuals.
An inflammatory disease that can develop weeks after an untreated or inadequately treated throat infection with group A streptococcus, in which the immune response attacks the joints, heart, skin and brain, causing fever, arthritis, carditis, a rash and, in some, Sydenham chorea; repeated episodes can cause rheumatic heart disease with permanent valve damage, as the registry alias rheumatic congestive heart failure reflects. Rheumatic fever is now rare in high-income countries but remains common in some regions, and it is largely preventable by promptly treating strep throat with antibiotics, so sore throats with fever should be assessed, and diagnosed cases need long-term follow-up.
What it is for: Not applicable; a post-infectious inflammatory disease.
It can be explain cause and features; relay the strep link and prevention; relay rheumatic heart disease; route symptoms.
Distinguishing features
Follows strep throat
Immune-mediated
Affects heart and joints
Preventable with antibiotics
What it looks like
Not visible directly; features include joint swelling, rash, nodules and heart involvement.
Physical character
trigger: group A streptococcal throat infection note
Jones criteria: used for diagnosis note
registry parent: bacterial infectious disease note - post-infectious
How it is recognised
Inflammatory disease after strep throat
Rheumatic congestive heart failure
Rheumatoid arthritis is autoimmune and chronic; reactive arthritis follows other infections; scarlet fever is the rash of strep infection; other carditis has other causes
Related models
is a kind of - related
follows -
can cause -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
acute rheumatic fever
recurrent rheumatic fever
rheumatic heart disease
Sydenham chorea
Standards and regulation
WHO and cardiology guidelines on rheumatic fever and heart disease
Secondary prophylaxis with penicillin
Failure modes and hazards
Permanent heart valve damage
Missing strep throat treatment
Confusing with rheumatoid arthritis
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.rheumatic-fever
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What rheumatic fever is.
Science.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- Is there a sore throat with fever, or joint pain, breathlessness or abnormal movements after a throat infection, in which case seek medical assessment? boundary
- What is rheumatic fever, and how does it differ from rheumatoid arthritis, reactive arthritis, other carditis and scarlet fever? definition
Features
Features.
Features
Features.
- What are the main features and the Jones criteria? definition
- Which entry fits Sydenham chorea? action
Cause Cause.
Science.
Strep
Streptococcal link.
Strep
Strep.
- How does strep throat trigger rheumatic fever? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Immune
Immune mechanism.
Immune
Immune.
- How does molecular mimicry cause tissue damage? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Prevention Prevention.
Regulation.
Primary
Treating strep throat.
Primary
Primary.
- How does treating strep throat prevent rheumatic fever? provenance
- Which entry fits streptococcal pharyngitis? action
Secondary
Prophylaxis.
Secondary
Secondary.
- Why is long-term penicillin prophylaxis used after an episode? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Context Heart disease.
Attribution.
RHD
Rheumatic heart disease.
RHD
RHD.
- How does rheumatic heart disease damage heart valves? provenance
- Which entry fits rheumatic heart disease? action
Disparities
Global disparities.
Disparities
Disparities.
- Why does rheumatic fever remain common in some regions, as WHO reports? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
What the second pass must settle
- Should rheumatic heart disease be a separate entry?
- How should prophylaxis guidelines be linked?
- How should global disparities be attributed?