Presents the case history of a 10-year-old girl with Sydenham's chorea, or Saint Vitus's dance, developed several weeks after a strep infection. Symptoms; History of illness; Treatment; Rheumatic fever.Dajer, TDiscover
The word has been used in the names of many diseases such as St Vitus’s dance [E17th] with the supposition that the associated saint would ward off the illness. Also based on sanctus are sanctify [LME], sanctity [LME], sanctimonious [E17th] originally meaning ‘holy in character’, ...
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Saint Vitus' Dance is an alternative name for the movement disorder Sydenham'schorea(chorea minor). This condition presents as jerky, uncoordinated movements of the face, feet, and hands, and sometimes the limbs. It is usually associated with acute rheumatic fever, an inflammatory disease caused ...
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Related to Saint Vitus:Saint Vitus dance ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Noun1. Vitus- Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300) St. Vitus Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-...
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