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Sickness behavior is a motivational state that reorganizes the organism's priorities to cope with infectious pathogens. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] It has been suggested as relevant to understanding depression , [ 10 ] and some aspects of the suffering that occurs in cancer .
Some of the possible symptoms of chronic meningitis (due to any cause) include headache, nausea and vomiting, fever, and visual impairment. Nuchal rigidity (or neck stiffness with discomfort in trying to move the neck), a classic symptom in acute meningitis, was seen in only 45% of cases of chronic meningitis with the sign being even more rare in non-infectious causes.
First, some tips on how to cope with your scalp pimples and not make the condition worse. “Don’t pick or scratch,” says Dr. Gohara. “Picking at scalp acne can lead to scarring or secondary ...
Post-acute infection syndromes (PAISs) or post-infectious syndromes are medical conditions characterized by symptoms attributed to a prior infection. While it is commonly assumed that people either recover or die from infections, long-term symptoms—or sequelae —are a possible outcome as well. [ 1 ]
After the waters recede, people's preexisting chronic health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes can worsen because people don't have access to medication or treatment.
Chronic care models such as the delivery of chronic disease management programs may be effective for patients with long-term chronic conditions. For patients with asthma, having a coordinated program involving multiple health care professionals can make improvements in aspects such as patients perceived quality of life, lung functioning and the ...
Chronic conditions have often been used to describe the various health related states of the human body such as syndromes, physical impairments, disabilities as well as diseases. Epidemiologists have found interest in chronic conditions due to the fact they contribute to disease, disability, and diminished physical and/or mental capacity. [9]
Country singer Carly Pearce, 34, provided a health update on her chronic health condition, pericarditis. "And then when you lay back, it gets way worse because that wall is kind of inflamed around ...