definition of chronic and acute disease ?
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chronic disease are those disease which last up to a long interval of time or upto life time.
example: elephantiasis, cancer, AIDS.
acute disease are those disease whicj last upto a short interval of time.
example : headache, jaundice, common cold.
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Acute Diseases
1. Acute diseases develop quickly and last for a short period of time.
2. Acute diseases do not cause long term adverse effects on our health
3. Example: cold, cough, sore throat, influenza
Chronic Diseases
1. Chronic diseases last for a longer period of time, sometimes even for a lifetime.
2. Chronic diseases have drastic long term effects on our health.
3. Example: cardio-vascular diseases, tuberculosis, diabetes
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