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| ⚫ | '''Da Costa's Syndrome''' is a medical condition named after physician J.M. Da Costa who identified a set of symptoms occurring amongst soldier’s during the American Civil War. 200 patients in the study reported chest pains, palpitations, breathlessness, dizziness and fatigue, typically brought on by strenuous exertion, such as hard field service, and long marches, or marching at double-quick pace. | ||
| '''Da Costa's Syndrome''' is a type of ] first observed in soldiers in the ]. | |||
| It causes symptoms similar to heart disease but, upon examination, nothing is found to be physically wrong with the patient. | |||
| The symptoms usually consist of fatigue upon exertion, combined with shortness of breath, palpitations, sweating, chest pain, shaking, and, less commonly, fainting. | |||
| The symptoms may increase whilst exercising, and it is thought to be caused partly by ]. | |||
| ⚫ | Da Costa's Syndrome is a medical condition named after physician J.M. Da Costa who identified a set of symptoms occurring amongst soldier’s during the American Civil War. 200 patients in the study reported chest pains, palpitations, breathlessness, dizziness and fatigue, typically brought on by strenuous exertion, such as hard field service, and long marches, or marching at double-quick pace. | ||
| He also observed that the symptoms could follow wounds, scurvy, or viral infections, and tended to persist after the fever had passed . | He also observed that the symptoms could follow wounds, scurvy, or viral infections, and tended to persist after the fever had passed . | ||
| The pulse was always greatly and rapidly influenced by position and could be aggravated by stooping, or by laying on the left or right side in some cases, and on the back in others. | The pulse was always greatly and rapidly influenced by position and could be aggravated by stooping, or by laying on the left or right side in some cases, and on the back in others. | ||
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Da Costa's Syndrome is a medical condition named after physician J.M. Da Costa who identified a set of symptoms occurring amongst soldier’s during the American Civil War. 200 patients in the study reported chest pains, palpitations, breathlessness, dizziness and fatigue, typically brought on by strenuous exertion, such as hard field service, and long marches, or marching at double-quick pace. He also observed that the symptoms could follow wounds, scurvy, or viral infections, and tended to persist after the fever had passed . The pulse was always greatly and rapidly influenced by position and could be aggravated by stooping, or by laying on the left or right side in some cases, and on the back in others. He reported that the waist belt and the knapsack seemed to have something to do with it, and recommended that the soldiers did not wear restrictive clothing because it was liable to retard or prevent recovery. Sir Thomas Lewis commented “ it is because these symptoms and signs are largely, and sometimes wholly, the exaggerated physiological response to exercise . . . that I term the whole the ‘effort syndrome’.”
References
- (1) Da Costa J.M. (January 1871) On Irritable Heart, The American Journal of Medical Sciences p.18-52 and p.28-29.
- (2) Lewis T. (1919) The soldier’s heart and the effort syndrome, Paul B. Hoeber, New York.
- (3) Lewis T. (1933) Diseases of the heart, The MacMillan Co., New York p.158-164.
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Related
- The Effort Syndrome
- Neurocirculatory Asthenia
- Neurasthenia
- Orthostatic intolerance
- Hyperventilation syndrome
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Soldier's heart
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