Chronic (medical) - Citizendia

This article is about medical conditions. For other uses, see Chronic (disambiguation).

In medicine, a chronic disease is a disease that is long-lasting or recurrent. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly The term chronic describes the course of the disease, or its rate of onset and development. In Medicine, a course of Medication is a period of continuous treatment with a drug sometimes with variable dosage A chronic course is distinguished from a recurrent course; recurrent diseases relapse repeatedly, with periods of remission in between. In Medicine, a course of Medication is a period of continuous treatment with a drug sometimes with variable dosage "Difference equation" redirects here It should not be confused with a Differential equation. A relapse (etymologically "who falls again" occurs when a person is affected again by a condition that affected them in the past Remission is the state of absence of Disease activity in patients with known Chronic illness. As an adjective, chronic can refer to a persistent and lasting medical condition. Chronicity is usually applied to a condition that lasts more than three months.

The definition of a disease or causative condition may depend on the disease being chronic, and the term chronic will often, but not always appear in the description:

Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic osteoarticular diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis
Chronic respiratory diseases: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma
Chronic renal failure
Diabetes mellitus
Chronic Hepatitis
Autoimmune diseases, like lupus erythematosus
Cardiovascular diseases: heart failure, ischemic cardiopathy, cerebrovascular disease
Neoplasic diseases not amenable to be cured
Osteoporosis

Many chronic diseases require chronic care management for effective long-term treatment. Chronic fatigue syndrome ( CFS) is the most common name given to a poorly understood variably debilitating disorder or disorders of uncertain causation Rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder that causes the Immune system to attack the Joints, where Osteoarthritis ( OA, also known as degenerative Arthritis, degenerative joint disease) is a clinical syndrome in which low-grade inflammation Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) is a Disease of the lungs in which the Airways become narrowed Asthma is a chronic Condition involving the Respiratory system in which the airways occasionally constrict become inflamed, and are Chronic kidney disease (CKD also known as chronic renal disease, is a progressive loss of renal function over a period of months or years Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc Systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE or lupus,) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can be fatal though with recent medical advances fatalities are becoming Cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular diseases refers to the class of diseases that involve the Heart or Blood vessels ( arteries and Heart failure is a Cardiac condition that occurs when a problem with the structure or function of the Heart impairs its ability to supply Ischaemic or ischemic heart disease (IHD or myocardial ischaemia, is a Disease characterized by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle Cerebrovascular disease is a group of brain dysfunctions related to disease of blood vessels supplying the brain Osteoporosis is a Disease of Bone that leads to an increased risk of fracture. Chronic care management encompasses the oversight and education activities conducted by professionals to help patients with Chronic diseases such as Diabetes,

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