NUTRITION
CHRONIC DISEASES
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Question
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Slow, progressive decline
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Requires short-term surveillance.
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Reversible pathology
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Cure likely
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Detailed explanation-1: -Common features of chronic diseases include: complex causality, with multiple factors leading to their onset. a long development period, for which there may be no symptoms. a prolonged course of illness, perhaps leading to other health complications.
Detailed explanation-2: -In general, chronic diseases are slow in progression, long in duration, and they require medical treatment.
Detailed explanation-3: -A progressive disorder is a disease or health condition that gets worse over time, resulting in a general decline in health or function.
Detailed explanation-4: -Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, are not passed from person to person. They are of long duration and generally slow progression. The four main types – cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – impose a major and growing burden on health and development.