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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

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Venes, Donald, editor. "Bornholm Disease." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743286/all/Bornholm_disease.
Bornholm disease. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743286/all/Bornholm_disease. Accessed June 26, 2019.
Bornholm disease. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/743286/all/Bornholm_disease
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