Chronic condition
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A chronic condition is a human 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. Common chronic diseases include arthritis, asthma, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, Lyme disease, and some viral diseases such as hepatitis C and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. An illness which is lifelong because it ends in death is a terminal illness. It is possible and not unexpected for an illness to change in definition from terminal to chronic. Diabetes and HIV for example were once terminal yet are now considered chronic due to the availability of insulin and daily drug treatment for individuals with HIV which allow these individuals to live while managing symptoms.
See also
- Acute on chronic
- Chronic care management
- Chronic disease in China
- Chronic disease in Northern Ontario
- Chronic Illness (journal)
- Chronic pain
- Course (medicine)
- Disability studies
- Disease management (health)
- Dynamic treatment regimes
- Medical tattoo
- Multiple morbidities
- Natural history of disease
- Virtual Wards (a UK term)
