Rheumatic Fever Flashcards
1
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is an autoimmune disease that occurs as a reaction to a group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection
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Rheumatic Fever
2
Q
rheumatic fever occurs as a reaction to
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a group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection
3
Q
inflammation from the immune response leads to
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inflammatory lesions in the heart, blood vessels, brain, and joints
4
Q
Rheumatic fever occurs most often in what age
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in children 6 to 16 years of age with a peak incidence at 8 years old
5
Q
the sensitized child will have a
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group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis that sets of an unusually high antibody response
6
Q
approximately how many days after recovering from pharyngitis does autoimmune begins
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10 days after recover.
