Acute rheumatic fever is a nonsuppurative sequela that can occur two to four weeks after group A Streptococcus pharyngitis, leading to arthritis, carditis, chorea, erythema marginatum, or subcutaneous nodules. Damage from acute rheumatic fever can chronically and progressively damage cardiac valves, potentially resulting in cardiac decompensation. It is estimated to affect over 33 million people worldwide each year, with approximately 470,000 new cases of acute rheumatic fever and 275,000 deaths from rheumatic heart disease. The global incidence of acute rheumatic fever is 19 per 100,000 school-aged children.
Acute rheumatic fever is a nonsuppurative sequela that can occur two to four weeks after group A Streptococcus pharyngitis, leading to arthritis, carditis, chorea, erythema marginatum, or subcutaneous nodules. Damage from acute rheumatic fever can chronically and progressively damage cardiac valves, potentially resulting in cardiac decompensation. It is estimated to affect over 33 million people worldwide each year, with approximately 470,000 new cases of acute rheumatic fever and 275,000 deaths from rheumatic heart disease. The global incidence of acute rheumatic fever is 19 per 100,000 school-aged children.
Acute rheumatic fever is a nonsuppurative sequela that can occur two to four weeks after group A Streptococcus pharyngitis, leading to arthritis, carditis, chorea, erythema marginatum, or subcutaneous nodules. Damage from acute rheumatic fever can chronically and progressively damage cardiac valves, potentially resulting in cardiac decompensation. It is estimated to affect over 33 million people worldwide each year, with approximately 470,000 new cases of acute rheumatic fever and 275,000 deaths from rheumatic heart disease. The global incidence of acute rheumatic fever is 19 per 100,000 school-aged children.
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is a nonsuppurative sequela that
occurs two to four weeks following group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis and may consist of arthritis, carditis, chorea, erythema marginatum, and subcutaneous nodules. Damage to cardiac valves may be chronic and progressive, resulting in cardiac decompensation. Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are diseases of poverty and economic disadvantage estimated to affect over 33 million pproximately 470,000 new cases of ARF and 275,000 deaths attributable to rheumatic heart disease each year incidence of ARF is 19 per 100,000 school-aged children worldwide Pathophysiology treatment