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Health Encyclopedia: Adult Still's Disease
Still's disease - adult; AOSD
Symptoms
Almost all patients will have fever, joint pain, sore throat, and a rash.
- The fever usually comes on quickly once per day, most commonly in the afternoon or evening.
- The skin rash is typically salmon pink colored and comes and goes with the fever.
- Joint pain, warmth, and swelling are common. Usually, several joints are involved at the same time. Often, patients have morning stiffness of joints that lasts fo...
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