Good syndrome

Overview

Good syndrome (medical condition): A rare condition characterized by low immunity (due to reduced number of B cells) and thymoma.

Symptoms

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Good syndrome includes the 9 symptoms listed below: 

• Thymoma 
• Sinopulmonary infection 
• Increased risk of infection 
• Weight loss 
• Reduced level of B cells 
• Absent B cells 
• Weakness 
• Chronic diarrhea 
• Reduced levels of all immunoglobulins

Causes

Although the cause of CFIDS is unknown, researchers suspect that it may be found in human herpesvirus 6 or in other herpesviruses, enteroviruses, or retroviruses. Rising levels of antibodies to EBV, once thought to implicate EBV infection as the cause of CFIDS, are now considered a result of this disease. CFIDS may be associated with a reaction to viral illness that’s complicated by dysfunctional immune response and by other factors that may include sex, age, genetic disposition, prior illness, stress, and environment.