Bornholm disease, also known as devil’s grip, and epidemic myalgia, is an acute infective disease due to coxsackie viruses. It is characterised by the abrupt onset of pain around the lower margin of the ribs, headache, and fever; it occurs in epidemics, usually during warm weather, and is more common in young people than in old. The illness usually lasts seven to ten days. It is practically never fatal. It is named after the island of Bornholm in the Baltic, where several epidemics have been described.
An epidemic disease marked by sudden intense pleuritic or abdominal pain and fever. It is caused by various coxsackie viruses.
One of the alternative terms used for epidemic pleurodynia, which is an infectious viral disease marked by intense chest pains and fever, is Devil’s grip.
A contagious illness similar to the flu, characterized by muscle aches and named after a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. Also known as Devil’s grip or pleurodynia.