Taber's Medical Dictionary
Bornholm disease
(born′hōm)
[named for the Danish island Bornholm]
An epidemic disease marked by sudden intense pleuritic or abdominal pain and fever. It is caused by various coxsackie viruses.
SYN: SEE: epidemic pleurodynia
TREATMENT
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents and local application of heat may control symptoms.
SYN: SEE: devil's grip
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Bornholm Disease." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743286/0/Bornholm_disease.
Bornholm disease. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743286/0/Bornholm_disease. Accessed April 3, 2025.
Bornholm disease. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743286/0/Bornholm_disease
Bornholm Disease [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743286/0/Bornholm_disease.
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