Sydenham's Chorea (Noun)
Meaning
Chorea occurring chiefly in children and associated with rheumatic fever.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The pediatric neurologist suspected sydenham's chorea after noting the sudden onset of rapid, involuntary movements in the child's face and limbs.
- A bout of rheumatic fever often preceded the development of sydenham's chorea in patients under the age of 15.
- Mental changes and psychiatric disturbances sometimes accompany the more well-known physical symptoms of sydenham's chorea.
- Lab tests showed elevated ASO titers in several of the cases diagnosed with sydenham's chorea at the infectious disease ward.
- Recent observations of declining cases suggest improved health practices are combating rheumatic fever, reducing subsequent incidents of sydenham's chorea worldwide.