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Asked by 424bm1926 to Peter, Jonathan, Grace, Doris, David on 6 Jun 2019.
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Peter Macharia answered on 6 Jun 2019:
@424bm1926
Rheumatic fever may develop after strep throat or scarlet fever infections that are not treated properly. Bacteria called group A Streptococcus or group A strep cause strep throat and scarlet fever. It usually takes about 1 to 5 weeks after strep throat or scarlet fever for rheumatic fever to develop. Rheumatic fever is thought to be caused by a response of the body’s defence system.
See this link for more details: https://www.cdc.gov/groupastrep/diseases-public/rheumatic-fever.html
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Grace Kago answered on 7 Jun 2019:
It’s caused as a complication of inadequately treated strep throat or scarlet fever. Strep throat and scarlet fever are caused by an infection with streptococcus bacteria.
Source: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rheumatic-fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20354588
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424bm1926 commented on :
thanks
Grace commented on :
sure thing!