Dr. Janine Zee-Cheng, a board-certified pediatrician in Indiana, told HuffPost that sometimes a child will come in with a ...

Strep infections are more common in children than adults ... These include “rheumatic fever, which can lead to swollen painful joints, a specific rash, and also heart valve damage ...

Untreated strep throat can cause complications such as rheumatic fever and kidney problems. Though strep throat is most common in children, adults can ... lymph nodes Fever Rash Trouble swallowing ...

The ranges used at Massachusetts General Hospital are for adults ... with subacute fever, bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, inflammatory arthritis, and an erythematous lower-leg rash.

Untreated strep throat can cause complications such as rheumatic fever and kidney problems. Though strep throat is most common in children, adults can get it ... swollen lymph nodes Fever Rash Trouble ...

"Scarlet fever these days is essentially a child, occasionally adults, with a sore throat or skin infection." A red rash around the eyes and tongue ... ranging from Strep throat to an illness called ...

Considering that the patient presented with hyperferritinemia and thrombocytopenia, macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) could not be ruled out, despite the absence of fever ... of rheumatic diseases ...

Children with rheumatic diseases may face increased risks for COVID-19-related hospitalization, particularly those using glucocorticoids, rituximab, or mycophenolate.

A RECENT review of the literature 1 and our own experience at the House of the Good Samaritan 2–5 suggest that early treatment of rheumatic fever with ACTH and cortisone may prevent or mitigate ...