How to Use rheumatic in a Sentence

rheumatic

adjective
  • The Dallas teen’s dream was put on hold when was diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Everybody who lived there became rheumatic, had chronic bronchitis and gout.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • And Al-Zubaidi, who suffers from rheumatic heart disease, was struggling to obtain her heart medicine.
    — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 22 May 2018
  • He was diagnosed with a rheumatic heart as a child and given large drug doses as a result, which turned into a dependency.
    — Lauren Puckett, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Symptoms of heart valve damage often don’t appear until many years after recovery from rheumatic fever.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2017
  • The company sells orphan drugs, which are medications for rare diseases, and drugs to treat rheumatic diseases.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The water is said to offer relief to skin, cardiovascular and rheumatic complaints.
    — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In naturopathy, the wild herb has long been used as a remedy for urinary tract infections, some rheumatic diseases, high blood pressure, and more.
    — Katharina Walser, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Horizon, which is based in Ireland, sells orphan drugs, which are medications for rare diseases, and drugs to treat rheumatic diseases.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • Horizon, which is based in Ireland, sells orphan drugs, which are medications for rare diseases, and drugs to treat rheumatic diseases.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Plus, the swimmers who suffered from rheumatic diseases like arthritis or fibromyalgia reported pain relief.
    — Brianna Randall, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Polio can cause paralysis that comes on years after the virus has left the body, and strep throat can lead to rheumatic heart disease after the bacterial invasion subsides.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 1 July 2020
  • Eye boogers are primarily a combination of mucus, tears, and skin cells known as rheum and are scientifically termed rheumatic.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Thousands of Kenyans have heart valves scarred by rheumatic heart disease, which hardly exists in wealthy countries with ready access to antibiotics but is common in poor nations.
    — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Its narrator, Marian Leatherby, is ninety-two years old, gummy, rheumatic, gray-bearded, and deaf.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Without action, children with complex rheumatic conditions may face longer wait times, delayed diagnoses and reduced access to life-altering care.
    — Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • Vasculitis can occur alone or in conjunction with other rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or scleroderma.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The goal of a strep vaccine would be to prevent some of the longer term consequences of strep infection, such as rheumatic heart disease, which are triggered by the immune system responding to the infection.
    — Alice Park, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial drug that is used for some rheumatic conditions, such as systemic lupus, and for some less-common types of hair loss (called scarring alopecias).
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The disease is mostly a relic of the past in rich and middle-income countries, where pediatricians quickly treat strep throat and rheumatic fever in children, which causes the joint pain once called childhood rheumatism.
    — Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • The review found that cannabinoids are effective in treating pain caused by rheumatic diseases, including back pain, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and others.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Six women between the ages of 36 to 61 with stable rheumatic diseases developed herpes zoster (or HZ) infection.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
  • The desire to help others was informed by her family's experiences — the early death of her father who had rheumatic heart disease and the survival of her brother, who was born premature and weighed a little over 2 pounds.
    — Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2021
  • The water is said to have therapeutic effects on the metabolism, heart function, rheumatic conditions, and diseases of the nervous system—or, in other words, many of the afflictions of modern life.
    — Ann Abel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren’s disease, linked to gland and organ dysfunction, are examples of prevalent rheumatic diseases.
    — Johnson & Johnson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Psoriasis does cause inflammation in the body, which may explain why people with psoriasis, like other rheumatic disorders, are at higher risk for heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2023
  • For example, a group of patients in New Zealand were repeatedly missing their monthly antibiotic injections for rheumatic heart disease.
    — Amy Baxter, The Conversation, 11 June 2021
  • People with rheumatic diseases are typically more susceptible to infections because their medications suppress the immune system.
    — Michele Cohen Marill, Wired, 25 Mar. 2020
  • There, on a rocky, north-pointing finger of the Breton coast, rheumatic patients could come to be treated with seawater rich in algae, which is packed with antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, including iodine.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
  • And, according to the study, each person who experienced this reaction had preexisting mild cases of autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
    — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 21 Apr. 2021

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