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From: "Michelle Stroud" <>
Subject: Re: [INMONROE] Re: INMONROE-D Digest V01 #201
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:05:21 -0500


Thank you for this definition, some given sounded horrible. Others like this sounded treatable, and not so deadly. I had never heard of this disorder, and appreciate everyone telling me more about it! Thank you for sharing this with me.

Michelle

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Subject: [INMONROE] Re: INMONROE-D Digest V01 #201

This is the correct definition of St. Vitus Dance -- it is not Huntington's
Chorea.
I had this disease as a girl at age 8 and my grandmother had it at 12--right
in line with the profile given below. She lived to 92 and I'm still kicking
at 55. Connie

<< Here is what we know about St Vitus Dance today.
St Vitus Dance, also know as Sydenham's Chorea and Rheumatic Chorea is a
temporary disorder of those parts of the brain that control your movements
and your coordination. It affects both boys and girls but it is more common
in girls and usually appears between the ages of 7 and 14. It is not
contagious.
There are continuous, involuntary jerking movements which lasts for 6-10
weeks and can recur after months or even years. It is caused by a delayed (up
to 6 months) complication of inadequately treated Group A streptococcal
infections, usually of the throat or skin. St. Vitus' dance is more likely to
occur in summer and early autumn. The treatment now is Penicillin or other
antibiotics until adulthood to prevent strep infections and the child should
return to school after the teacher and other children have been educated on
the disorder. Bed rest is to be avoided.

>>



Connie Young Kitchen



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