A 12 year old is suspected of having rheumatic heart disease. What factors would indicate that this child has this disease?
1. The onset of symptoms occurs around 20 days after streptococcus throat infection or scarlet fever.
2. The child lives in the most common area of the western United States.
3. The disease produces lesions in the mouth and oropharynx.
4. The disease results in damage to the peripheral sensory nerves.
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1. This is the normal course of this disease.
2. Most cases occur in the northeastern part of the United States.
3. The disease produces polyarthritis, carditis, subcu nodules, and a low-grade fever.
4. The disease produces polyarthritis, carditis, St. Vitus Dance, and a low-grade fever.
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