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In many cases the first sign of Chagas heart disease is heart failure, thromboembolism, or chest pain associated with abnormalities in the microvasculature. [18] Also common in chronic Chagas disease is damage to the digestive system, which affects 10–21% of people. [2] Enlargement of the esophagus or colon are the most common digestive ...
To complete his work on the pathology of the new disease, Chagas described 27 cases of the acute form of the disease and performed more than 100 autopsies on patients who exhibited the chronic form. Chagas's description of the new disease was to become a classic in medicine, and brought him domestic and international distinction.
Colp 5 concluded that Darwin's illness consisted most probably of panic disorder without agoraphobia, psychosomatic skin disorder, and possibly Chagas disease of the stomach, which he suggested "was first active and then became inactive, permanently injuring the parasympathetic nerves of his stomach and making it more sensitive to sympathetic ...
Chagas disease, caused by a parasite, affects people primarily in rural Latin America. But an estimated 300,000 people in the U.S. have it and many are unaware.
Doctors, researchers, and patient advocates say the U.S. could be doing far more to combat Chagas, which causes serious heart disease in an estimated 30% of infected people and can also lead to ...
The disease has spread to the U.S. in the last 40 years, says the American Heart Association, but many doctors are unfamiliar with how to diagnose and treat it.
de Carvalho VB, Sousa EF, Vila JH, da Silva JP, Caiado MR, Araujo SR, Macruz R, Zerbini EJ. Heart transplantation in Chagas' disease. 10 years after the initial experience. Circulation. 1996 Oct 15;94(8):1815-7. PMID 8873654; Zerbini EJ. Results of replacement of cardiac valves by homologous dura mater valves. Chest. 1975 Jun;67(6):706-10. PMID ...
Chagas disease: Carlos Chagas: infectious disease, tropical medicine heart failure Heart failure, enlarged esophagus, enlarged colon: Charcot's triad: Jean-Martin Charcot: surgery: ascending cholangitis: jaundice, fever and chills, RUQ pain Charcot's triad: Jean-Martin Charcot: neurology: multiple sclerosis: nystagmus, intention tremor ...