Rheumatic Fever Flashcards
Explain rheumatic heart fever?
Acute
Inflammatory
Non communicable
What pathology is secondary only to streptococcal throat infection?
Rheumatic heart fever
Name a condition which is secondary to both streptococcal skin and throat infection?
Post-streptococal glomerulonephritis
Carriers of rheumatic heart fever are at low risk of 3%only.True or False
True
Name the criteria used for diagnosis of rheumatic heart fever?
Jones criteria
What is the most common age group to develop rheumatic heart fever
5-15 years
Jones Diagnostic criteria
2 major/ 1 major+2 minor
Name conditions that fall in major jones criteria
Polyarthritis Pan carditis Erythema marginatum Subcutaneous nodules Sydenhams chorea
What clinical features come under minor jones criteria
Polyarthralgia
Fever
What lab results are stated under minor criteria
Increased ESR
Increased CRP
Increased ASO titres
What ecg finding is stated under minor jones criteria?
Increased PR interval
What is the essential criteria for diagnosis of rheumatic heart fever?
Positive throat culture
Recent streptococcal infection
Recent scarlet fever
Positive ASO titres
What drug category is used in polyarthritis?
Salicylates
What joints are most commonly affected in polyarthritis?
Large joints WAKE Wrist Ankle Knee Elbow
Name the most common major symptoms of rheumatic heart fever
Polyarthritis
Name the most common major condition that causes death in rheumatic heart fever?
Pan carditis
What is the other name for pericarditis?
Bread and butter carditis
What are pathognomonic sign of myocarditis in pan carditis?
Aschoff bodies
What are the two types of endocarditis seen in pan carditis?
Valvular (shows aschoff bodies)
Mural (shows MC calum bodies and Aschoff bodies)
What are the 4 components of Aschoff bodies?
Primary T lymphocytes
Anthiscow cells (modified macrophages)
Giant cells
Plasma cells