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Da Costa's syndrome. Da Costa's syndrome, also known as soldier's heart among other names, was a syndrome or a set of symptoms similar to those of heart disease. These include fatigue upon exertion, shortness of breath, palpitations, sweating, chest pain, and sometimes orthostatic intolerance. It was originally thought to be a cardiac condition ...
Progressive symmetric erythrokeratodermia, Gottron type. Erythrokeratodermia variabilis is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner of inheritance. Specialty. Dermatology, medical genetics. Usual onset. Infancy. Erythrokeratodermia variabilis (also known as " erythrokeratodermia figurata variabilis ", " keratosis extremitatum progrediens ...
Jacob Mendes Da Costa, or Jacob Mendez Da Costa (February 7, 1833, Saint Thomas, Danish Virgin Islands, Caribbean – September 12, 1900) was an American physician . He is particularly known for discovering Da Costa's syndrome (also known as soldier's heart), an anxiety disorder combining effort fatigue, dyspnea, a sighing respiration ...
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a fictional character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of a literary allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of ...
Poikiloderma. Poikiloderma is a skin condition that consists of areas of hypopigmentation, hyperpigmentation, telangiectasias and atrophy . Poikiloderma of Civatte is most frequently seen on the chest or the neck, characterized by red colored pigment on the skin that is commonly associated with sun damage. [ 1]
Gianotti–Crosti syndrome ( / dʒəˈnɒti ˈkrɔːsti / ), also known as infantile papular acrodermatitis, [1] papular acrodermatitis of childhood, [1] and papulovesicular acrolocated syndrome, [2] : 389 is a reaction of the skin to a viral infection. [3] Hepatitis B virus [4] and Epstein–Barr virus are the most frequently reported pathogens.
Antoniette Costa knew something was very wrong. "I was losing a lot of weight without explanation, and I didn't have energy to do daily tasks," Costa, 39, tells PEOPLE in a recent interview.
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a condition characterized by an abnormally large increase in heart rate upon sitting up or standing. [1] POTS is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system that can lead to a variety of symptoms, [10] including lightheadedness, brain fog, blurred vision, weakness, fatigue, headaches, heart palpitations, exercise intolerance, nausea ...