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rheumatic

rooh ma tik

  • n  a person suffering with rheumatism
  • s  of or pertaining to arthritis

  • Doctors do not know exactly what causes rheumatic fever, which is one of the worst killers of children, and sometimes leaves even its survivors with badly damaged hearts.
  • Children, who are more susceptible to strep and rheumatic fever, are usually treated more aggressively.
  • The biggest killer of children between the ages of five and 15 is rheumatic heart disease.
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  • Nicola Roxon in The Age
    An indigenous baby born today is 3.5 times more likely to die before they turn one then a non-indigenous baby,Ms Roxon said. "Rheumatic fever is virtually unknown outside the Third World but the rates of rheumatic fever in the indigenous...
  • Jenny Macklin in AFP
    Acute rheumatic fever is almost unknown in developed countries, yet rates in some Australian indigenous communities are among the highest in the world,Macklin said at the launch of the health report. "The fact that new cases were still...
  • Warren Snowdon in ABC Online
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are eight times more likely to than non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be hospitalised for rheumatic heart disease and nearly 20 times as likely to die from it,Mr Snowdon said....

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