Sydenham's chorea
It
is also recognized as chorea minor is a disorder characterized by rapid, clumsy
jerking movements primarily affecting the hands, face and feet.
Symptoms
The
symptoms comprise behavior change, gait disturbance, dysarthria, loss of fine
and gross motor control with subsequent worsening of headache, handwriting,
slowed cognition, facial grimacing, fidgetiness and hypotonic.
Diagnosis
Most
children recuperate totally from SD, though a small number will endure to have
incapacitating, tenacious chorea despite treatment.
Treatment
The
first principle of treatment is to remove the streptococcus at a primary,
secondary and even tertiary level. Patients may get advantage from action with
steroids skillful clinical trials are designated to explore this further.
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