What Rheumatic Fever Can Do To Children – Awareness is the Key to Protection. Written by Savitha C Muppala. Medically Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Aug 6 2007 2:58 PM.

THE American Heart Association has recommended that "all individuals with a well established history of a previous attack of rheumatic fever or chorea, or who show definite evidence of rheumatic he ...

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 and scarlet fever are both the result of the same bacterial infection. ... Anyone can develop rheumatic fever, but children between the ages of 5 and 15 and those in group settings, ...

"For school-aged children with rheumatic fever, monthly intramuscular penicillin injections for around 10 years can be ...

Rheumatic fever is a complication of a bacterial infection. Rheumatic heart disease is a complication of rheumatic fever. ... It’s most common in children between the ages of 5–15.

I thought I had misheard. Scarlet fever sounds like something from a different century. Many people today are only vaguely ...

Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that can develop after a streptococcal infection Scroll down to learn its causes and ... “This condition predominantly affects children aged 5-15, ...