acute disease
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In the mouse study, the acute disease was induced with an overdose of the drug acetaminophen, and the chronic disease was promoted with a diet.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
Suppose an American doctor wanted a gold star when seeing patients and followed all of the guidelines for preventive, chronic and acute disease care issued by well-known medical groups.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
“Many, many others with long covid had mild/non-hospitalized acute disease but went on to develop this debilitating, syndromic, ME/CFS-type long covid,” Putrino said, referring to chronic fatigue syndrome.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022
If millions of people end up developing persistent health issues after the acute disease stage, they will likely encounter a medical system unable to do much more than shrug.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 15, 2022
The treatment, like that used in the acute disease, consists of rest and liquid diet.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
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