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'''Chronic illness''' refers to any long-term illness, regardless of the severity.<ref name="definition">{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chronic#medicalDictionary|access-date=2021-11-29|title=Definition of CHRONIC|website=Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary}}</ref> Chronic illnesses may have gradual onset, and can be either progressive, or have a more stable course.<ref name="definition"/> | '''Chronic illness''' refers to any long-term illness, regardless of the severity.<ref name="definition">{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chronic#medicalDictionary|access-date=2021-11-29|title=Definition of CHRONIC|website=Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary}}</ref> | ||
Chronic illnesses may have gradual onset, and can be either progressive, or have a more stable course.<ref name="definition" /> | |||
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Chronic illnesses, by definition, do not have a quick treatment or cure.<ref name="Donoghue2000">{{Cite book|title=Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness|isbn=978-0-393-34283-3|language=en|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=0wzftw0hQLgC&lpg=PA5&ots=2BCvanhe5J&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=bleeds&f=true|date=2000-09-17|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|edition=New|last=Donoghue|first=Paul J.|last2=Siegel|first2=Mary E.}}</ref><br> | Chronic illnesses, by definition, do not have a quick treatment or cure.<ref name="Donoghue2000">{{Cite book|title=Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness|isbn=978-0-393-34283-3|language=en|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=0wzftw0hQLgC&lpg=PA5&ots=2BCvanhe5J&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=bleeds&f=true|date=2000-09-17|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|edition=New|last=Donoghue|first=Paul J.|last2=Siegel|first2=Mary E.}}</ref><br> | ||
<blockquote>The seductive message of having control over their illness can doom the chronically ill to a constant quest for a cure with the right diet and exercise, the right answers. Hopelessness and more guilt is often the sad conclusion to such a search. | <blockquote>The seductive message of having control over their illness can doom the chronically ill to a constant quest for a cure with the right diet and exercise, the right answers. Hopelessness and more guilt is often the sad conclusion to such a search. </blockquote> | ||
―Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness, Donoghue and Siegel (2000)</blockquote> | <blockquote>―Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness, Donoghue and Siegel (2000)</blockquote> | ||
==See also == | ==See also == | ||
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Chronic illness refers to any long-term illness, regardless of the severity.[1]
Chronic illnesses may have gradual onset, and can be either progressive, or have a more stable course.[1]
Chronic compared to acute[edit | edit source]
Unlike chronic illnesses, acute illnesses are characterized by their sudden onset and short duration.[2]
Treatments and searching for a cure[edit | edit source]
Chronic illnesses, by definition, do not have a quick treatment or cure.[3]
The seductive message of having control over their illness can doom the chronically ill to a constant quest for a cure with the right diet and exercise, the right answers. Hopelessness and more guilt is often the sad conclusion to such a search.
―Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness, Donoghue and Siegel (2000)
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Definition of CHRONIC". Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Definition of ACUTE". Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ Donoghue, Paul J.; Siegel, Mary E. (September 17, 2000). Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness (New ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-34283-3.
