Bornholm disease - meaning and definition. What is Bornholm disease
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What (who) is Bornholm disease - definition

HUMAN DISEASE
Pleurodynia; Devil's grip; Pleurodynia, epidemic; Epidemic myalgia; Devil's grippe; Epidemic pleurodynia; The Grasp of the Phantom; Acute pleurodynia
  • Coxsackie B Virus-the most common cause of Bornholm disease

Bornholm disease         
¦ noun a viral infection with fever and pain in the muscles of the ribs.
Origin
1930s: named after the Danish island of Bornholm, where it was first described.
Bornholm disease         
Bornholm disease, also known as epidemic pleurodynia, is a condition characterized by myositis of the abdomen or chest caused by the Coxsackie B virus or other viruses. The myositis manifests as an intermittent stabbing pain in the musculature that is seen primarily in children and young adults.
Flag of Bornholm         
  • ''Bornholmsflaget''
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UNOFFICIAL FLAG USED IN THE DANISH ISLAND OF BORNHOLM
Flag of bornholm
The flag of Bornholm is the unofficial flag of the Danish island Bornholm. It was designed in the mid-1970s after a design by local painter Bent Kaas, and is used to some extent.

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Bornholm disease

Bornholm disease, also known as epidemic pleurodynia, is a condition characterized by myositis of the abdomen or chest caused by the Coxsackie B virus or other viruses. The myositis manifests as an intermittent stabbing pain in the musculature that is seen primarily in children and young adults.

It is named after the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea where an outbreak was one of the first to be described.