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Give some basic characteristics of chronic diseases.

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The basic characteristics of chronic diseases are:
These last for a long time, even as much as a lifetime.

These cause drastic long term effects on human health.

Patients do not recover completely.

Examples include elephantiasis, cardio diseases, tuberculosis, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, etc.

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