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• 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.

• arthritic
• creaky
• rheumatoid
• rheumy

News & Articles

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• Mayo Clinic: Big Toe Isn't Biggest Culprit in Gout Flare-Ups; Other Joints Tied to Higher Risk
  The painful rheumatic condition gout is often associated with the big toe, but it turns out that patients at highest risk of further flare-ups are those whose gout first involved other joints, such as a knee or elbow, Mayo Clinic has found.
  June 12, 2013 - Mayo Clinic
• Big Toe Isn't Biggest Culprit in Gout Flare-Ups; Other Joints Tied to Higher Risk
  The painful rheumatic condition gout is often associated with the big toe, but it turns out that patients at highest risk of further flare-ups are those whose gout first involved other joints, such as a knee or elbow, Mayo Clinic has found. The study is among several that Mayo researchers are presenting in Madrid at the European League Against Rheumatism's annual meeting.
  June 11, 2013 - Newswise
• Organic Candy Factory Serves Healthy, Natural Treats at the Juvenile Arthritis Association's Sweet Suite Party
  This past Saturday, the Organic Candy Factory joined a select group of vendors at the Juvenile Arthritis Association's Sweet Suite party to help raise funds for families affected by pediatric rheumatic diseases.
  June 11, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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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....