acute illness
Brief severe disease
An acute illness is a medical condition that develops suddenly and runs a short course, typically days to weeks.
It contrasts with chronic illness, which persists over months or years.
A cold, flu, or appendicitis are acute; diabetes or arthritis are chronic.
She recovered quickly from the acute illness but the chronic fatigue lingered.
- painBodily or emotional distress
- high feverElevated body temperature, alarming
- feverElevated body temperature
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- sudden onsetRapid unexpected beginning
hospitalization · influenza · appendicitis · infection · antibiotics · sepsis · touch and go · onset · meningitis · diagnosis · trauma · pneumonia · pancreatitis · stroke · myocardial infarction · oxygen therapy · shortness of breath · triage
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- epidemiologyepidemic, epidemiology, pandemic, outbreak, endemic
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- sudden eventsexplosion, earthquake, lightning strike, tornado, heart attack
- bioethicsbioethics, medical ethics, genetic engineering, beneficence, non-maleficence
- disease causesetiology, causation, pathogens, genetics, infection
health status
acute illnessgood health
Absence of illness
wellness · full health · robust health · clean bill of health · perfect health