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Which causes more health hazards - acute diseases or chronic diseases?


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Disease:

  1. A disease is described as an illness that causes the affected person discomfort, distress, health difficulties, or death.
  2. Depending on the duration of the disease it can be of two types, acute disease or chronic disease.

Acute disease:

  1. Acute diseases are illnesses that last for only a few days or weeks.
  2. However, they spread quickly throughout the body, causing severe symptoms.
  3. They might be minor, serious, or even fatal.
  4. They do not cause any damage to organs.
  5. The person suffering from the acute disease can recover with proper treatment.
  6. Colds, coughs, influenza, typhoid, and other illnesses are examples.

Chronic disease:

  1. Chronic diseases are illnesses that last for a long time they are developed gradually over time.
  2. Tuberculosis, cancer, diabetes, kidney stones, and other diseases are examples.
  3. Because it lasts so long, it causes harm to the affected organ.
  4. Treatment can control the disease but a permanent cure is not possible.

When compared to acute diseases chronic disease causes more health hazards.


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