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"The Darting Tongue in Sydenham's Chorea."

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 Hello everyone, This is R Preethi  an intern in the medicine department,  An internship is a hands -on way to learn new skills. Completing an internship can expose you to the workplace, letting you know what really goes on . One of the important terms of getting the internship  completion  is to complete my log book by documenting the cases I saw, along with my daily log .  The case  presentation:  A 17 year old lady from jaggayapet, presented with a 1 week history of "shaking". Hailing from an impoverished family,  she was apparently asymptomatic 2 years ago, when she first developed  wheezing and breathlessness on a cold winter night at 1am which woke her up from her sleep. The mother reported that it resolved spontaneously over a short period of time . At this point ,she denied a history  of sweating or palpitations.  She also  denied a prior history of chest tightness and exertional dyspnea.   5 days later she  started developing cough and breathlessness with very little