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Acute rheumatic fever: the danger for our children.

[acute rheumatic fever]

THE NEW Zealand Government's allocation of $21 million in the 2013 Budget for treatment and prevention of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) highlights the impact this disease has on the long-term health of New Zealand's marginalised communities. ARF is a disease confined largely to developing nations and is regarded in the developed world as a disease of deprivation and poverty, yet New Zealand has a high incidence, Largely within Maori and Pacific populations. ARF arises from an often mild throat infection caused by streptococcal bacteria. The mechanisms by which this microorganism triggers rheumatic fever and its cardiac sequelae are complex. Awareness of these mechanisms can help health professionals understand prevention and treatment strategies designed to reduce the burden of ARF in vulnerable communities.

Diseases presenting "high incidence" symptom

  • achondroplasia
  • acute rheumatic fever
  • alexander disease
  • alpha-thalassemia
  • aniridia
  • coats disease
  • congenital adrenal hyperplasia
  • dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
  • esophageal adenocarcinoma
  • esophageal carcinoma
  • esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
  • fabry disease
  • familial mediterranean fever
  • gm1 gangliosidosis
  • hodgkin lymphoma, classical
  • holt-oram syndrome
  • homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria
  • legionellosis
  • monosomy 21
  • neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
  • papillon-lefèvre syndrome
  • scrub typhus
  • typhoid
  • von hippel-lindau disease
  • werner syndrome

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