What causes acute rheumatic fever?
var now = new Date(); var index=now.getTime(); document.write(”); Acute Rheumatic fever is initiated by a throat infection with a specific bacterium called Group A Streptococcus. Usually three weeks after this throat infection, the affected person shows signs and symptoms of acute rheumatic fever. Not everybody in the specified age group who get throat infection with these bacteria develop acute rheumatic fever. It is seen only in certain susceptible individuals who are genetically predisposed to this disease. The disease does not spread from one person to another. What are the signs and symptoms of acute rheumatic fever? Rheumatic fever is a multi-system disease, affecting primarily, the joints, the heart, the brain and the skin and the tissue beneath the skin. Fever with joint pains usually following a history of sore throat three weeks earlier alerts the paediatrician to the possibility of rheumatic fever in the patient. Large joints, most commonly, the knees, ankles, wrists and el
