Definition: A chronic disease is one that continues once you get it. It does not usually go away for a long time, if ever, and cannot be cured. Asthma is an example of a chronic disease for which there is no cure. But just because a disease is chronic, it doesn't mean that you can't have quality of life with it.
Chronic Disease
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Updated: July 31, 2008
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