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using medications.
Illness The
terms illness and
sickness are both
generally used as
synonyms for disease; however, the term
illness is
occasionally used...
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Foodborne illness (also
foodborne disease and
colloquially referred to as food poisoning) is any
illness resulting from the
spoilage of
contaminated food...
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Terminal illness or end-stage
disease is a
disease that
cannot be
cured or
adequately treated and is
reasonably expected to
result in the
death of the...
- A
mental disorder, also
called a
mental illness or
psychiatric disorder, is a
behavioral or
mental pattern that
causes significant distress or impairment...
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psychogenic illness (MPI), also
called m****
sociogenic illness, m****
psychogenic disorder,
epidemic hysteria, or m**** hysteria,
involves the
spread of
illness symptoms...
- A
catastrophic illness is a
severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery.
Examples would include cancer, leukemia,
heart attack or stroke...
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Illness as
Metaphor is a 1978 work of
critical theory by
Susan Sontag, in
which she
challenged the victim-blaming in the
language that is
often used to...
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bipolar disorder have financial,
social or work-related
problems due to the
illness.
Bipolar disorder is
among the top 20
causes of
disability worldwide and...
- Heat
illness is a
spectrum of
disorders due to
environmental exposure to heat. It
includes minor conditions such as heat cramps, heat syncope, and heat...
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which a
person is
excessively and
unduly worried about having a
serious illness. An old concept, the
meaning of
hypochondria has
repeatedly changed. It...
