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Chronic infections: Introduction

Chronic infections: Chronic infections usually develop from acute infections and can last for days to months to a lifetime. Sometimes, people are totally ... more about Chronic infections.

Chronic infections: Ongoing and often slow progressing infection; opposite to acute infections. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Chronic infections is available below.

Symptoms of Chronic infections

• Symptoms vary depending on the specific infection involved
• Persistent infection
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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Chronic infections:

• Cold & Flu: Home Testing:
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  • Home Ear Infection Test Kits
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Chronic infections?

• Misdiagnosis of Chronic infections
• Hidden causes of Chronic infections (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Chronic infections: Deaths

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Types of Chronic infections

• A great many conditions and infections can have "chronic" forms; here are some examples:
  • Chronic illness
  • Chronic pancreatitis
  • Chronic hepatitis
  • Chronic hepatitis B
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See full list of 6 Types of Chronic infections

Causes of Chronic infections

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More information about causes of Chronic infections:

• Chronic infections as a complication caused by other conditions
• Chronic infections as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Chronic infections

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Chronic infections:

• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Chronic bronchitis
• HIV infection
• Emphysema
• Sarcoidosis
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Misdiagnosis and Chronic infections

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Chronic infections

Medical research articles related to Chronic infections include:

• Comparison of two fluid-management strategies in acute lung injury
• 1) General recommendations on immunization: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). 2) Update: recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding administration of combination MMRV va
• In a women with several years persistent diarrhoea, is a raised IgA significant?
• Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison's Disease)
• Screening and Treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Pregnancy
• Should we routinely screen SE Asian patients for hepatitis B and C in view of them not having been screened in their country of origin?
• What are the causes of bilaterally swollen hands in an infant? How common is angioedema - and what are the precipitating factors if that were the cause here? Can angiooedema be precipitated by viral infections?
• Bronchial thermoplasty for asthma
• more research...»

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Research about Chronic infections

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Chronic infections: Broader Related Topics

• Conditions involving a pathogen
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Types of Chronic infections

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Article Excerpts about Chronic infections

Chronic infections usually develop from acute infections and can last for days to months to a lifetime. Sometimes, people are totally unaware they are infected but still may be able to transmit the germ to others. For example, hepatitis C, which affects the liver, is a chronic viral infection. In fact, most people who have been infected with the hepatitis C virus don't know it until they have a blood test that shows antibodies to the virus. Recovery from this infection is rare - about 85 percent of infected persons become chronic carriers of the virus. In addition, serious signs of liver damage, like cirrhosis or cancer, may not appear until as long as 20 years after the infection began. (Source: excerpt from Microbes in Sickness and in Health -- Publications, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: NIAID)

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