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Familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome

An inherited periodic fever syndrome where attacks of urticarial rash and fever are specifically triggered by exposure to cold.

Familial mediterranean fever

An inherited autoinflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and painful polyserositis (abdominal, chest, or joint pain).

Muckle-Wells syndrome

An inherited periodic fever syndrome causing recurrent urticaria, fever, and arthralgia, often leading to progressive sensorineural hearing loss and amyloidosis.

NOMID

The most severe cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, present from infancy with chronic urticaria, fever, and severe arthropathy and CNS inflammation.

Rheumatic fever

Follows a Group A Streptococcus infection and is diagnosed by the Jones criteria, including carditis, polyarthritis, and erythema marginatum, not an evanescent rash.

TRAPS

An inherited autoinflammatory syndrome characterized by prolonged febrile episodes (weeks), migratory myalgia, and a characteristic periorbital edema.

Urticaria

Common urticaria consists of transient, pruritic wheals that last for hours, unlike the evanescent, salmon-pink, non-pruritic rash of Still's disease that coincides with fever spikes.

Urticarial vasculitis

Presents with urticarial lesions that are painful or burning, last longer than 24 hours, and may leave behind bruising (purpura) on resolution.

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