pleurodynia

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pleu·ro·dyn·i·a

(plo͝or′ə-dĭn′ē-ə)

1. Pleuritic pain in the chest.

2. Paroxysmal pain and soreness of the muscles between the ribs.

3. An epidemic disease caused by a coxsackievirus, characterized by paroxysmal pain in the lower chest and accompanied by fever, headache, and malaise.

[New Latin : pleur(o)- + Greek odunē, pain; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]

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pleurodynia

(ˌplʊərəʊˈdaɪnɪə)

(Pathology) pain in the muscles between the ribs

[C19: from New Latin, from pleuro- + Greek -odynia, from odynē pain]

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pleurodynia - pain in the chest caused by inflammation of the muscles between the ribs

costalgia, pleuralgia

hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"

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Most summer colds seen in private practice are self-limited, presenting with fever alone or clinically distinctive pictures such as hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD), herpangina, or pleurodynia. However, enteroviruses also cause serious illnesses such as meningitis, myocarditis, encephalitis, and neonatal sepsis.

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Most acute viral infections do not need molecular diagnosis; however, due to the etiologic association to various diseases like myocarditis, aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, pleurodynia, pericarditis, and diabetes mellitus, identifying a viral etiology can help customize treatment and understand prognosis [11].

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In study conducted by Schmidt et al, [24] IgM antibodies to Coxsackie virus in myocarditis, pericarditis and pleurodynia group was 27% as compared to 8% in control group; 33.3% (5/15) positivity rate for Coxsackie virus was shown by A.

Prevalence and implications of coxsackie virus in myopericarditis, prospective tertiary care study

Epidemic pleurodynia (Bornholm disease), an acute febrile illness with myalgia caused by picornaviruses such as group B coxsackieviruses, is perhaps best known (24-26).

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Common clinical presentations of CVB1 include aseptic meningitis, myocarditis, pleurodynia, and hand, foot, and mouth disease.

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Another 3% had pleurodynia, 3% had fever with rash, and 1% had aseptic meningitis.