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A chronic condition (also known as chronic disease or chronic illness) is a health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time. The term chronic is often applied when the course of the disease lasts for more than three months.
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...
Acronyms Diseases and disorders CA Cancer: CACH Childhood ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelination (see vanishing white matter disease) : CAD Coronary artery disease
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is an incurable and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. [2] Symptoms include abnormal behavior, trouble walking, and weight loss. [1]
Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
[8] The illness has reached an advanced stage. [7] The statistically likely remaining lifespan is measured in weeks or months, rather than years or decades. [7] For example, four different US federal laws define the maximum expected lifespan in four different ways: no more than six months, nine months, 12 months, or 24 months. [8]
Under research [8] Haemophilus ducreyi: Chancroid: Clinical diagnosis The CDC recommendation is either a single oral dose (1 gram) of azithromycin, a single IM dose (250 mg) of ceftriaxone, oral (500 mg) of erythromycin three times a day for seven days, or oral (500 mg) of ciprofloxacin twice a day for three days. No Varicella zoster virus (VZV)
Some inappropriately diagnosed "co-infections" may be based on known tick-borne infections, such as Babesiosis or anaplasmosis. [40] Others, like bartonellosis or mycoplasmosis, have not been shown to be tick-borne or commonly comorbid with chronic Lyme disease. [40] [41] [1] [42] Some may be told that they are being poisoned by mold. [41]