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•Acute Rheumatic Fever: inflammatory disease with devastating sequelae •Link to pharyngeal infection with group A beta hemolytic streptococci •Continues to … Read More »
Septicemia
Multiplication of highly virulent micro-organisms or their toxins in the blood stream overwhelming the immune system there by producing septic … Read More »
Fever/ Pyrexia
Fever is an elevation of body temperature above the normal circadian range as the result of a change in the … Read More »
Chronic Diarrhoea
• Diarrhea, derived from the Greek “to flow through,” is a common manifestation of gastrointestinal disease • a consensus statement … Read More »
Acute Diarrhoea
Increased frequency and water content of stools than is normal for the individual. Usually: > 3 stools per day •Descriptive … Read More »