Rheumatic fever is a complica-tion of an infection, like strep throat, and not an infection itself. Although rheumatic fever used to be a major cause of heart disease in children.
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Pediatricsis the branch of medicine
that deals with the medical care of infants,children,and adolescents
The word pediatrics is derived from two Greek
words pais which means "child" and iatros which means " doctor".
Pediatrics differs from adult medicine in many respects.
About Pediatrician:
The obvious body size differences are paralleled by maturational changes. The smaller body of an infant or neonate is substantially different physiologically from that of an adult. Congenital defects, genetic variance, immunology, oncology, and a host of other issues are unique to the realm of pediatrics.
Some diseases, such as sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis are more often treated by pediatricians...
