sydenham chorea การใช้

• St Vitus's Dance was diagnosed, in the 17th century, as Sydenham chorea.
• A neurological disorder, Sydenham chorea, can occur months after an initial attack, causing jerky involuntary movements, muscle weakness, slurred speech, and personality changes.
• ARF is often clinically diagnosed based on Jones Criteria, which include : pancarditis, migratory polyarthritis of large joints, subcutaneous nodules, erythema marginatum, and sydenham chorea ( involuntary, purposeless movement ).
• Obsessions and compulsions are also very common in several other medical conditions, including : Tourette syndrome, Parkinson disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia, Huntington disease, encephalitis lethargica, Sydenham chorea, and damage to specific brain regions.