Question

Differentiate between Chronic disease and acute disease.

Answer 1

Acute disease	Chronic disease
An acute disease lasts for a short period of time.	A chronic disease lasts for a long period of time.
Extremely severe, dangerous and grows at rapid pace	Slow growth of symptoms
Acute health effects can be reversed.	Chronic health effects are irreversible.
Example – influenza, measles, sore throat	Example – Diabetes, kidney problems, cancer.