Prognosis of Acute rheumatic fever

Acute rheumatic fever: Duration statistics

Duration of Acute rheumatic fever: 3 months with gradual recovery ...see also Overview of Acute rheumatic fever

Duration of Acute rheumatic fever: An acute attack lasts approximately 3 months. (Source: excerpt from Group A Streptococcal Infections, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Deaths and Mortality Rates

Deaths from Acute rheumatic fever: 3,767 deaths reported in USA 1999 for acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic conditions (NVSR Sep 2001)

Estimated mortality rate for Acute rheumatic fever from incidence and deaths statistics:

• Deaths: 3,767 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 3,767 deaths reported in USA 1999 for acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic conditions (NVSR Sep 2001))
• Incidence: 3,264,000 (USA annual incidence calculated from this data: 12 per 1000 (NHIS95)
• 0.12% (ratio of deaths to incidence).
• See also Deaths and Acute rheumatic fever and Overview of Acute rheumatic fever.

Complications:

Complications of Acute rheumatic fever may include:

• Carditis (see Heart symptoms)
• Heart inflammation
• Chorea
• Rheumatic heart disease
• Chronic rheumatic heart disease
• more complications...»

Complications of Acute rheumatic fever from the Diseases Database include:

• Water overload
• Hyperphosphataemia
• Hyperkalaemia
• Chloride levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Hypernatraemia
• more complications...»

See also complications of Acute rheumatic fever.

Acute rheumatic fever: Research More

• Acute rheumatic fever: Introduction
• Deaths: Acute rheumatic fever
• Symptoms: Acute rheumatic fever
• Complications: Acute rheumatic fever
• Causes: Acute rheumatic fever
• Treatments: Acute rheumatic fever

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Acute rheumatic fever usually refers to the likely outcome of Acute rheumatic fever. The prognosis of Acute rheumatic fever may include the duration of Acute rheumatic fever, chances of complications of Acute rheumatic fever, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Acute rheumatic fever, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Acute rheumatic fever. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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