: one affected with rheumatism
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Dan McCarty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
The goal of a strep vaccine would be to prevent some of the longer term consequences of strep infection, such as rheumatic heart disease, which are triggered by the immune system responding to the infection.
—Alice Park, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Ask whether your condition may be due to a rheumatic autoimmune disease — even in the absence of abnormal blood tests.
Bring an ally to your appointments.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren’s disease, linked to gland and organ dysfunction, are examples of prevalent rheumatic diseases.
—Johnson & Johnson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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In California alone, over 5.9 million patients are diagnosed with arthritis, which includes more than 100 rheumatic diseases that are often treated at infusion centers.
—Dan McCarty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
The goal of a strep vaccine would be to prevent some of the longer term consequences of strep infection, such as rheumatic heart disease, which are triggered by the immune system responding to the infection.
—Alice Park, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Ask whether your condition may be due to a rheumatic autoimmune disease — even in the absence of abnormal blood tests.
Bring an ally to your appointments.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren’s disease, linked to gland and organ dysfunction, are examples of prevalent rheumatic diseases.
—Johnson & Johnson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Rheumatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rheumatic. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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rheumatic
1 of 2 adjective
rheu·mat·ic
ru̇-ˈmat-ik 
: of, relating to, characteristic of, or affected with rheumatism
rheumatic pain
a rheumatic joint
rheumatic
2 of 2 noun
: an individual affected with rheumatism
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