can some one explain what is ment by " Chronic illnesses"?

Answer 1

Chronic illnesses: Illnesses that are long lasting and usually irreversible.

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Answer 2

A chronic illness is one from which you get little or no relief or break. Arthritis can be chronic as it never goes away. Fibromyalgia is a chronic illness. So is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Chronic illnesses usually have no cure so some STD's that have no cure can also be considered chronic.

Answer 3

A "chronic" illness is one that is reoccuring. Its not one that can be cured by medications (although they can be helped by them). MS is an example of a "chronic" illness/disease. You can also have a "chronic" condition- ex, I tore tendons in my ankle a few years back and, though they've healed, I still have pain in my ankle which is now a "chronic" condition because there's nothing left to do for it.

Answer 4

a Long term illness. Cancer is a good example of a chronic illness.

Answer 5

Chronic illness means:- of slow progression and long duration.

Answer 6

I think chronic illness means long term :)

Answer 7

chronic is a term applied to an illness such as hepatitis, describes a disease that is longstanding and for which there is no known cure, it is not always lifethreatening, but can be painful.

Answer 8

An illness is classified as Chronic when it is an incurable condition.

Answer 9

It is an illness that never really goes away. Like asthma. You may have it under control, but you always have it.

Answer 10

a chronic illness is one that will be lifelong.......and there is no cure for it.