What Are Normal Sed Rates Rheumatic?
Acute rheumatic fever
Symptoms
- Abdominal pain
Fever - Heart (cardiac) problems, which may not have symptoms, or may result in shortness of breath and chest pain
- Joint pain,
arthritis (mainly in the knees, elbows, ankles, and wrists) - Joint swelling; redness or warmth
- Nosebleeds (
epistaxis ) - Skin nodules
- Skin rash (erythema marginatum)
- Skin eruption on the trunk and upper part of the arms or legs
- Eruptions that look ring-shaped or snake-like
- Sydenham
chorea (emotional instability, muscle...
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