chronic infection
Long-lasting pathogenic presence
A chronic infection is one that persists over a long period, typically months or years, rather than resolving quickly.
The body fails to clear the pathogen completely, leading to ongoing or recurring symptoms: Hepatitis C often becomes a chronic infection if untreated.
Chronic infections may be managed but not cured, distinguishing them from acute infections that the immune system defeats decisively.
- bacteriaNucleus-free single-celled organisms
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- latencyDelay in system response
- virusesSubmicroscopic infectious particles
- spirochetesCoiled, motile bacteria
fatigue · walking wounded · fungi · immune system · parasites · fever · dormancy · carrier state · inflammation · reactivation · prions · persistence · lingering · never ending · long haul · pathogen · silent killer · reservoir
- ear disordersear pain, tinnitus, hearing loss, earache, swimmer's ear
- HIV/AIDSHIV, AIDS, AIDS crisis, AIDS quilt, antiretrovirals
- Hepatitishepatitis B, hepatitis C, viral hepatitis, hep A, HCV
- Cattle Pneumoniapneumonia, bacterial pneumonia, viral pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia
- dysenterydysentery, amoebic dysentery, shigellosis, scours, bloody stool
- Fatal Diseasespancreatic cancer, glioblastoma, ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, metastatic cancer
chronic infectionhealth
Condition of body, mind
sterility · asepsis · clean bill of health · uninfected · wellness