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What does the term "chronic" mean when it comes to diseases ? What is duration of the disease when we talk about the term "chronic" ? Within how many months or years chronic diseases start showing symptoms ?

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Dr. Shubhanshu Gupta General Physician 10 yrs exp Jhansi · Accepted Answer

Dr. Shubhanshu Gupta

General Physician 10 yrs exp Jhansi

It means the disease is there from long time. In simple words old. For certain disease chronic is 3 months and for others it is 6 months duration.

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