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Progressive disease or progressive illness is a disease or physical ailment whose course in most cases is the worsening, growth, or spread of the disease. This may happen until death, serious debility, or organ failure occurs. [1] Some progressive diseases can be halted and reversed by treatment (surgical, dietary, or lifestyle interventions).
The crude prevalence rate of PD has been reported to range from 15 per 100,000 to 12,500 per 100,000, and the incidence of PD from 15 per 100,000 to 328 per 100,000, with the disease being less common in Asian countries. PD is primarily characterized by death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, a region of the midbrain. The cause ...
Rates are slightly higher in women than men at ages 65 and greater. [278] The disease trajectory is varied and the median time from diagnosis to death depends strongly on age at diagnosis, from 6.7 years for people diagnosed aged 60–69 to 1.9 years for people diagnosed at 90 or older. [178]
Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer, rather than fatal injury. In popular use, it indicates a disease that will progress until death with near absolute certainty ...
[11] sIBM does not significantly affect life expectancy, [1] although death related to malnutrition and respiratory failure can occur. [12] The risk of serious injury due to falls is increased. [1] There is no effective treatment for the disease as of 2019. [1]
Accidental Death Benefit (ADB): These are life insurance policies that only pay out due to a qualifying accident, such as a car crash. What qualifies depends on the insurer and the policy.
The death of neurons leads to a so-called softening of the cerebrum in the affected area. [ citation needed ] [ 3 ] Hemorrhage : Intracerebral hemorrhage occurs in deep penetrating vessels and disrupts the connecting pathways, causing a localized pressure injury and in turn injury to brain tissue in the affected area.
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