LOVE SYNDROME
AETIOLOGY(CAUSE): Unknown
AGE OF ONSET: Teenage. Recent studies have shown that it may affect people up to 25 years of age or more.
RISK OR PREDISPOSING FACTORS: The age itself is the major risk factor. Others include
(a) Co-education
(b) Cell Phones
(c) Movies
(d) Internet.
Of these, the part played by the cell phones is note worthy.
PATHOLOGY: Multi Organ System Failure
CLINICAL FEATURES
SYMPTOMS
A) The most common presenting feature is throbbing pain in the heart often described by the patient as sweet pain.
B) Loss of appetite.
C) Sleeplessness.
D) Day dreaming
E) Disinterest in any type of work. There is a danger of the patient being transformed into a poet.
SIGNS
A) Very much dilated pupils (In search of his sweet heart).
B) Blushing of cheeks (mainly seen in girls).
C) On Auscultation: The first Heart sound is heard as LOVE instead of LUB.
D) Smiling to self.
PATHOGENESIS AND CLINICAL COURSE
The disease is gradual in onset. The patient presents with vague symptoms like loss of appetite, sleeplessness, etc., As time progresses multi-organ system involvement occurs with varied symptoms. The symptoms are aggravated at the sight of the patient’s sweet heart. The sight of the patient’s love causes the contraction of the radial fibres of the iris muscle leading to the dilation of the pupil. The eyes remain wide open and cease to blink. The Zygomaticus major muscle automatically contracts and the patient smiles (Smile at Sight Phenomenon). As the patient approaches his sweet heart, action potentials are generated at an irregular rate in the heart and the normal rhythm of the heart is lost. Microscopic examination of the cardiac muscle reveals the presence of abnormal pacemaker tissue at certain areas called the Romantic spots that are responsible for the lost rhythm of the Heart. The patient feels agitated, and a throbbing pain develops in the heart. The characteristic feature of the pain is that the patient wants to feel it more and more. In advanced stages, the brain is affected. If not properly treated, the patient may go mad.
TREATMENT
Marriage Therapy holds promise of 100% cure rates. It is effective only after 22 years of age. If performed early, it may lead to adverse reactions.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Several attempts have been made to prevent the disease. The WLO (World Love Organization) expert committee has finally declared that the disease is inevitable during the age group and its prevention is literally impossible. Any attempts to interrupt the normal course of the disease may lead to more severe forms of the disease. So interventional measures are highly contraindicated for this disease.
-Meddybear.net
AGE OF ONSET: Teenage. Recent studies have shown that it may affect people up to 25 years of age or more.
RISK OR PREDISPOSING FACTORS: The age itself is the major risk factor. Others include
(a) Co-education
(b) Cell Phones
(c) Movies
(d) Internet.
Of these, the part played by the cell phones is note worthy.
PATHOLOGY: Multi Organ System Failure
CLINICAL FEATURES
SYMPTOMS
A) The most common presenting feature is throbbing pain in the heart often described by the patient as sweet pain.
B) Loss of appetite.
C) Sleeplessness.
D) Day dreaming
E) Disinterest in any type of work. There is a danger of the patient being transformed into a poet.
SIGNS
A) Very much dilated pupils (In search of his sweet heart).
B) Blushing of cheeks (mainly seen in girls).
C) On Auscultation: The first Heart sound is heard as LOVE instead of LUB.
D) Smiling to self.
PATHOGENESIS AND CLINICAL COURSE
The disease is gradual in onset. The patient presents with vague symptoms like loss of appetite, sleeplessness, etc., As time progresses multi-organ system involvement occurs with varied symptoms. The symptoms are aggravated at the sight of the patient’s sweet heart. The sight of the patient’s love causes the contraction of the radial fibres of the iris muscle leading to the dilation of the pupil. The eyes remain wide open and cease to blink. The Zygomaticus major muscle automatically contracts and the patient smiles (Smile at Sight Phenomenon). As the patient approaches his sweet heart, action potentials are generated at an irregular rate in the heart and the normal rhythm of the heart is lost. Microscopic examination of the cardiac muscle reveals the presence of abnormal pacemaker tissue at certain areas called the Romantic spots that are responsible for the lost rhythm of the Heart. The patient feels agitated, and a throbbing pain develops in the heart. The characteristic feature of the pain is that the patient wants to feel it more and more. In advanced stages, the brain is affected. If not properly treated, the patient may go mad.
TREATMENT
Marriage Therapy holds promise of 100% cure rates. It is effective only after 22 years of age. If performed early, it may lead to adverse reactions.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Several attempts have been made to prevent the disease. The WLO (World Love Organization) expert committee has finally declared that the disease is inevitable during the age group and its prevention is literally impossible. Any attempts to interrupt the normal course of the disease may lead to more severe forms of the disease. So interventional measures are highly contraindicated for this disease.
-Meddybear.net
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