Symptoms of Rheumatic fever

General information about symptoms of Rheumatic fever: The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible symptoms of Rheumatic fever. This symptom information has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of symptoms of Rheumatic fever. Furthermore, symptoms of Rheumatic fever may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of symptoms and whether they are indeed symptoms of Rheumatic fever.

List of symptoms of Rheumatic fever: The list of symptoms mentioned in various sources for Rheumatic fever includes:

• Fever
• Appetite loss
• Malaise
• Joint symptoms
  • Joint pain
  • Swollen joints
  • Warm joints
  • Wrist joint symptoms
  • Elbow symptoms
  • Ankle symptoms
  • Knee symptoms
  • Often multiple joints affected
• Heart symptoms
  • Heart murmur
  • Heart inflammation (carditis)
  • Heart failure - see also symptoms of heart failure
  • Edema
  • Shortness of breath
  • Weakness
• Skin symptoms
  • Skin changes
  • Skin rash (Erythema marginatum)
• Abdominal pain
• Nervous system symptoms
  • Chorea
  • Sydenham's chorea
  • Writhing spasms
• See also symptoms of acute rheumatic fever or symptoms of chronic rheumatic fever

More symptoms of Rheumatic fever: In addition to the above information, to get a full picture of the possible symptoms of this condition and its related conditions, it may be necessary to examine symptoms that may be caused by complications of Rheumatic fever, underlying causes of Rheumatic fever, associated conditions for Rheumatic fever, risk factors for Rheumatic fever, or other related conditions.

Medical articles on symptoms: These general reference articles may be of interest:

• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Symptoms and Medical Malpractice

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