Journal of Applied Medical Sciences

Adult-onset Still’s Disease after COVID 19 Infection: Case Report

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  Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is an inflammatory disorder that presents by quotidian fevers, arthritis, an evanescent rash and even life-threatening conditions like Macrophage activation syndrome. Still's disease in the adult was used to describe a series of adult patients who had features similar to the children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and did not fulfil criteria for classic rheumatoid arthritis. We reported a case of Adult-onset Still’s Disease where the patient presented with frequent high grades of fever associated with sore throat, cough and intermittent sharp chest pains not responding to regular pain killers.

   

  Keywords: Adult-onset Still's disease, Macrophage activation syndrome.