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Introduction: Chronic Illness
Serious chronic illnesses are a major health issue in modern society. Any illness is called "chronic" if it is long-lasting or even lifelong. The opposite of chronic is "acute", referring to diseases that come on quickly and often do not last long (if they last, they are said to become "chronic"). In the USA, more than 90 million people have a chronic illness, and the top 5 chronic illnesses (heart disease, cancer, stroke, COPD, and diabetes) together cause more than two-thirds of all deaths.
Symptoms of Chronic Illness
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Medical Textbooks Online about Chronic Illness
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Blood pressure increase [Hypertension]
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
- [ read ]
Diabetes Mellitus
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
- [ read ]
Hypertension
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
- [ read ]
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Chronic Illness?
- Misdiagnosis of Chronic Illness
- Underlying causes of Chronic Illness (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
Causes of Chronic Illness
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Treatments for Chronic Illness
- Vitamin C - possibly used for treatment of vitamin C deficiency
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Prognosis for Chronic Illness
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Reseach about Chronic Illness
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Statistics for Chronic Illness
- Medical statistics for Chronic Illness
- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Chronic Illness
- Death and Mortality statistics for Chronic Illness
- Society statistics for Chronic Illness
Types of Chronic Illness
See full list of 16 Types of Chronic Illness
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- What is Chronic Illness?
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- Prognosis of Chronic Illness
- Types of Chronic Illness
- Prevalence of Types of Chronic Illness
- Incidence of Types of Chronic Illness
- Causes of Chronic Illness
- Causes in Children
- Risk Factors for Chronic Illness
- Symptoms of Chronic Illness
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- Diagnosis of Chronic Illness
- Misdiagnosis of Chronic Illness
- Misdiagnosis of Underlying Causes of Chronic Illness
- Associated Conditions of Chronic Illness
- Treatments for Chronic Illness
- Doctors and Medical Specialists for Chronic Illness
- Cure Research for Chronic Illness
- Deaths from Chronic Illness
- Death Statistics for Types of Chronic Illness
- Statistics about Chronic Illness
- Statistics by Country for Chronic Illness
- Medical News Summaries About Chronic Illness
- Travel and Chronic Illness
- Books about Chronic Illness
- Articles about Chronic Illness
- Glossary for Chronic Illness
- HYPERTENSION (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Hypertension (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Hypertension (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- HYPERTENSION (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Blood pressure increase [Hypertension] (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Hypertension* (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Pulmonary Hypertension (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Diabetes mellitus (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Hypertension (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Hypertensive crisis (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pregnancy-induced hypertension (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pulmonary hypertension (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Renovascular hypertension (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Blood pressure increase [Hypertension] (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Diabetes Mellitus (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Hypertension (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Hypertension (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Diabetes mellitus (Handbook of Diseases)
- Hypertension (Handbook of Diseases)
- Hypertension, pregnancy-induced (Handbook of Diseases)
- Pulmonary hypertension (Handbook of Diseases)
- Hypertension (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Blood pressure, increased [Hypertension] (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
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