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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 Chronic Disease
* 3 Treatment
* 4 Related Chapters

## Overview

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In medicine, a chronic disease is a disease that is long-lasting or recurrent. The term chronic describes the course of the disease, or its rate of onset and development. A chronic course is distinguished from a recurrent course; recurrent diseases relapse repeatedly, with periods of remission in between. 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.

## Chronic Disease

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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 cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular disease
* Neoplasic diseases not amenable to be cured
* Osteoporosis

## Treatment

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Many chronic diseases require chronic care management for effective long-term treatment.

## Related Chapters

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* Acute (medicine)
* Homeopathic theory of chronic diseases
* Chronic pain
* Course (medicine)
* Disease management (health)

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