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Influenza-like illness (ILI), also known as flu-like syndrome or flu-like symptoms, is a medical diagnosis of possible influenza or other illness causing a set of common symptoms. These include fever, shivering , chills , malaise , dry cough , loss of appetite , body aches, nausea , and sneezing typically in connection with a sudden onset of ...
A more informal definition of the term would describe it as "a quasi-illness caused by guilt for one's own socio-economic superiority". [6] The term "affluenza" has also been used to refer to an inability to understand the consequences of one's actions because of financial privilege.
In medicine, malaise is a feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or lack of wellbeing and often the first sign of an infection or other disease. [1] It is considered a vague term - describing the state of simply not feeling well. The word has existed in French since at least the 12th century.
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A leprosy-like disease, the only cure is a dose of radiation. Luck virus Red Dwarf: A positive viral strain that makes the infected person temporarily lucky. Lurgy: The Goon Show: A disease that causes anyone who catches it to say nothing but "Eeee-yakkaboo!". Lurgy has become British slang for "fictional disease du jour". Macrovirus
[12] [23] Influenza D virus causes an influenza-like illness in pigs but its impact in its natural reservoir, cattle, is relatively unknown. It may cause respiratory disease resembling human influenza on its own, or it may be part of a bovine respiratory disease (BRD) complex with other pathogens during co-infection. BRD is a concern for the ...
Several neurodegenerative diseases have a prodromal phase. Early impairments in behavior, personality and language may be detected in Alzheimer's disease . [ 35 ] In dementia with Lewy bodies , there is an identifiable set of early signs and symptoms that can appear 15 years or more before dementia develops. [ 36 ]
There are two primary types of dust exposure in agriculture: inorganic and organic. Often the cause of allergy illnesses like asthma, organic dusts come from both plant and animal sources. Inorganic dust illnesses are non-allergic lung reactions that originate in the soil. [4] Asthma-like symptoms are linked to inorganic dust syndrome.