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rheumatic

[roo-mat-ik] / rʊˈmæt ɪk /




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Appeal letters from the company related to rheumatic conditions, where it’s had the most experience so far, have about an 82% success rate, Veigulis said.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025

However, in 12-30 percent of rheumatic arthritis patients pain persists while they have minimal joint inflammation or even are in remission.

From Science Daily • Nov. 8, 2023

Currently there is no vaccine available to protect against group A strep, which can also cause rheumatic fever and scarlet fever.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023

She pointed to rheumatic fever, an inflammatory reaction to untreated strep throat –- especially before antibiotics were common — that scars the heart’s valves.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

He had rheumatic fever, chicken pox, pneumonia three or four more times, started coughing blood when he was six, was anemic, drowsy all the time, constantly sniffling, weak and miserable, and—everybody thought— dying.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols