UNLIKE certain other common diseases of childhood, rheumatic fever leaves no known immunity and seems to create an increased susceptibility to recurrent attacks. The effects of these recurrent ...

Scarlet fever, or scarlatina, is a bacterial infection that causes a distinctive bright red sandpaper-like rash.

Rheumatic fever can lead to painful and inflamed joints, a specific type of rash, or heart valve damage, according to medical experts. If the bacteria from a strep throat spreads through the body ...

These may include a high fever, a sore throat, and swollen glands in the neck, which may feel like a noticeable lump on the side of your neck. A rash typically ... such as rheumatic fever are ...