What is the common name for Chorea, a disease characterised by irregular involuntary movements, commonly found in children?
Sydenham's chorea pot into which authors have cast indiscriminately affections characterised by irregular, purposeless movements." Sydenham's chorea (SC), a frequent cause of paediatric acute chorea, is a major manifestation of rheumatic fever (RF) The association of chorea with rheumatism was first reported in 1802, and confirmed in the following decades by several French and English authors. The inclusion of chorea under the rheumatic umbrella helped discriminate SC from other "choreic" syndromes.The incidence of Acute Rheumatic Fever and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is not declining. Recent figures quote the incidence of Acute Rheumatic Fever as 0.6–0.7/1,000 population in the United States and Japan
Chorea Chorea Chorea (or choreia, occasionally) is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder, one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias. The term "chorea" is derived from the ("dance"; see choreia), as the quick movements of the feet or hands are comparable to dancing. The term hemichorea refers to chorea of one side of the body, such as chorea of one arm but not both (analogous to hemiballismus). Chorea is characterized by brief, semi-directed, irregular movements that are not repetitive or rhythmic, but appear to flow from one muscle to the next. These 'dance-like' movements of chorea often occur with athetosis,