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Da Costa's syndrome is named for the surgeon Jacob Mendes Da Costa, [16] who first observed it in soldiers during the American Civil War. At the time it was proposed, Da Costa's syndrome was seen as a very desirable [17] physiological explanation for "soldier's heart". Use of the term "Da Costa's syndrome" peaked in the early 20th century.
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 ...
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, palpitation and sweating that he first observed in ...
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Yao syndrome (YAOS), formerly called NOD2-associated autoinflammatory disease, [1] is an autoinflammatory syndrome involving episodes of fever and abnormal inflammation affecting many parts of the body, particularly the skin, joints, and gastrointestinal system.
Warning: This post contains spoilers from Tuesday’s Our Kind of People. Proceed at your own risk. A lot of action took place on Tuesday’s second installment of Fox’s soapy new offering Our ...
Anderson and colleagues from St Thomas' Hospital, London, were the first to mention a case with possible clinical findings of LEMS in 1953, [12] but Edward H. Lambert, Lee Eaton, and E.D. Rooke at the Mayo Clinic were the first physicians to substantially describe the clinical and electrophysiological findings of the disease in 1956.
In DaCosta’s last episode, aka the Season 6 finale, April and her ex Dr. Ethan Choi shared a surprisingly tender moment as he recovered from a gunshot wound. In the aftermath of Ethan’s life ...