rheumatic
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When disease-causing bacteria enter the bloodstream, they may play a role in serious conditions such as diabetes, rheumatic disease, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, chronic inflammatory bowel disease, and even Alzheimer's disease.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Appeal letters from the company related to rheumatic conditions, where it’s had the most experience so far, have about an 82% success rate, Veigulis said.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025
She pointed to rheumatic fever, an inflammatory reaction to untreated strep throat –- especially before antibiotics were common — that scars the heart’s valves.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023
He had suffered from a rheumatic heart condition and was just 37.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2023
He had rheumatic fever, chicken pox, pneumonia three or four more times, started coughing blood when he was six, was anemic, drowsy all the time, constantly sniffling, weak and miserable, and—everybody thought— dying.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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