Bornholm disease
Bornholm disease (devil's grip, epidemic myalgia, epidemic pleurodynia) (born-holm) n. a disease caused by Coxsackie viruses. It is spread by contact; symptoms include fever, headache, and attacks of severe pain in the lower chest. The illness lasts about a week and is rarely fatal.
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