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[[File:CFS-is-like-catch-22.png|thumb|upright=0.7|alt=I am constantly in a 'Catch-22' between always overextending myself to please others and facing people's disbelief and judgment when I can't go on or have to ask for help." - A person with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]] | [[File:CFS-is-like-catch-22.png|thumb|upright=0.7|alt=I am constantly in a 'Catch-22' between always overextending myself to please others and facing people's disbelief and judgment when I can't go on or have to ask for help." - A person with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]] | ||
'''Chronic illness''' refers to any long-term illness, regardless of the severity.<ref name="definition">{{Cite web | url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chronic#medicalDictionary|access-date=2021-11-29 | title = Definition of CHRONIC|website=Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary}}</ref> Chronic illnesses are very common, affecting 6 in 10 Americans.<ref name="CDC">{{Cite web |url = https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/index.htm| title = Chronic disease|website=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]}}</ref> | '''Chronic illness''' refers to any long-term illness, regardless of the severity.<ref name="definition">{{Cite web | url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chronic#medicalDictionary|access-date=2021-11-29 | title = Definition of CHRONIC | website = Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary}}</ref> Chronic illnesses are very common, affecting 6 in 10 Americans.<ref name="CDC">{{Cite web |url = https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/index.htm| title = Chronic disease | website = [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]}}</ref> | ||
Chronic illnesses may have gradual onset, and can be either progressive, or have a more stable course.<ref name="definition" /> | Chronic illnesses may have gradual onset, and can be either progressive, or have a more stable course.<ref name="definition" /> | ||
==Chronic compared to acute illness== | ==Chronic compared to acute illness== | ||
Unlike chronic illnesses, acute illnesses are characterized by their sudden onset and short duration.<ref name="acute">{{Cite web | url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acute#medicalDictionary|access-date=2021-11-29 | title = Definition of ACUTE|website=Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary}}</ref> | Unlike chronic illnesses, acute illnesses are characterized by their sudden onset and short duration.<ref name="acute">{{Cite web | url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acute#medicalDictionary|access-date=2021-11-29 | title = Definition of ACUTE | website = Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary}}</ref> | ||
==Treatments and searching for a cure== | ==Treatments and searching for a cure== | ||
Chronic illnesses, by definition, do not have a quick treatment or cure.<ref name="Donoghue2000">{{Cite book | title = Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness|isbn=978-0-393-34283-3|language=en | url =https://books.google.de/books?id=0wzftw0hQLgC&lpg=PA5&ots=2BCvanhe5J&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=bleeds&f=true | date = 2000-09-17| publisher = W.W. Norton & Company|edition= | Chronic illnesses, by definition, do not have a quick treatment or cure.<ref name="Donoghue2000">{{Cite book | title = Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness|isbn=978-0-393-34283-3|language=en | url =https://books.google.de/books?id=0wzftw0hQLgC&lpg=PA5&ots=2BCvanhe5J&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=bleeds&f=true | date = 2000-09-17| publisher = W.W. Norton & Company| edition = | last = Donoghue | first = Paul J. | last2 = Siegel | first2 = Mary E.}}</ref> | ||
<blockquote>The seductive message of having control over their illness can doom the chronically ill to a constant quest for a cure with the right diet and exercise, the right answers. Hopelessness and more guilt is often the sad conclusion to such a search. </blockquote> | <blockquote>The seductive message of having control over their illness can doom the chronically ill to a constant quest for a cure with the right diet and exercise, the right answers. Hopelessness and more guilt is often the sad conclusion to such a search. </blockquote> | ||
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==Invisible illnesses== | ==Invisible illnesses== | ||
Most chronic illness are [[invisible illness]]es.<ref name="Taylor2005">{{Cite journal | last = Taylor | first = Renee R. | authorlink = Renee Taylor | date = 2005-09-01 | title = Can the Social Model Explain All of Disability Experience? Perspectives of Persons With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url =https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5e0f/362c499a24facdb02804c91eaffddcf01e8e.pdf | journal=The American Journal of Occupational Therapy|volume=59|issue=5 | pages = 497–506|doi=10.5014/ajot.59.5.497|issn=0272-9490|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> | Most chronic illness are [[invisible illness]]es.<ref name="Taylor2005">{{Cite journal | last = Taylor | first = Renee R. | authorlink = Renee Taylor | date = 2005-09-01 | title = Can the Social Model Explain All of Disability Experience? Perspectives of Persons With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url =https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5e0f/362c499a24facdb02804c91eaffddcf01e8e.pdf | journal=The American Journal of Occupational Therapy | volume = 59 | issue = 5 | pages = 497–506|doi=10.5014/ajot.59.5.497|issn=0272-9490|pmc=|pmid=|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="Arroll2014">{{Cite book | title = Invisible Illness: Coping with misunderstood conditions | pages = |isbn=978-1-84709-306-6|edition=|volume=|language=en| title-link = | <ref name="Arroll2014">{{Cite book | title = Invisible Illness: Coping with misunderstood conditions | pages = |isbn=978-1-84709-306-6|edition= | volume = |language=en| title-link = | url = https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1oReBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT19&ots=0hTOdouShM&pg=PT20#v=onepage&q&f=true|access-date= | date = 2014-09-18| publisher = SPCK | last = Arroll|first = Megan A. | authorlink = Megan Arroll|veditors=|others=|doi=|oclc=|quote=|archive-url=|archive-date=|location=}}</ref>{{Rp|19}} | ||
{{See also|Invisible illness}} | {{See also|Invisible illness}} | ||
==Notable studies == | ==Notable studies == | ||
*2020, Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion: Towards an Advocacy Movement for Energy Limiting Chronic Illness.<ref name="EID2020">{{Cite book | title = Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion: Towards an Advocacy Movement for Energy Limiting Chronic Illness. | first =Catherine|last = Hale | authorlink = Catherine Hale | first2 = Stef|last2 = Benstead | first3 = Jenny | last3 = Lyus | first4 = Evan | last4 = Odell | first5 = Anna | last5 = Ruddock | url =https://chronicillnessinclusion.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/energy-impairment-and-disability-inclusion.pdf | *2020, Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion: Towards an Advocacy Movement for Energy Limiting Chronic Illness.<ref name="EID2020">{{Cite book | title = Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion: Towards an Advocacy Movement for Energy Limiting Chronic Illness. | first =Catherine|last = Hale | authorlink = Catherine Hale | first2 = Stef | last2 = Benstead | first3 = Jenny | last3 = Lyus | first4 = Evan | last4 = Odell | first5 = Anna | last5 = Ruddock | url =https://chronicillnessinclusion.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/energy-impairment-and-disability-inclusion.pdf | ||
|publisher = Centre for Welfare Reform | |publisher = Centre for Welfare Reform | date = 2020|isbn=978-1-912712-25-0 }}</ref> [https://chronicillnessinclusion.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/energy-impairment-and-disability-inclusion.pdf (Full text)] | ||
==See also == | ==See also == | ||
Latest revision as of 16:02, April 3, 2023
Chronic illness refers to any long-term illness, regardless of the severity.[1] Chronic illnesses are very common, affecting 6 in 10 Americans.[2]
Chronic illnesses may have gradual onset, and can be either progressive, or have a more stable course.[1]
Chronic compared to acute illness[edit | edit source]
Unlike chronic illnesses, acute illnesses are characterized by their sudden onset and short duration.[3]
Treatments and searching for a cure[edit | edit source]
Chronic illnesses, by definition, do not have a quick treatment or cure.[4]
The seductive message of having control over their illness can doom the chronically ill to a constant quest for a cure with the right diet and exercise, the right answers. Hopelessness and more guilt is often the sad conclusion to such a search.
―Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness, Donoghue and Siegel (2000)
Invisible illnesses[edit | edit source]
Most chronic illness are invisible illnesses.[5] [6]:19
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- 2020, Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion: Towards an Advocacy Movement for Energy Limiting Chronic Illness.[7] (Full text)
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Chronic disease - CDC
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Definition of CHRONIC". Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Chronic disease". Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- ↑ "Definition of ACUTE". Merrian-Webster Medical Dictionary. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ Donoghue, Paul J.; Siegel, Mary E. (September 17, 2000). Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-34283-3.
- ↑ Taylor, Renee R. (September 1, 2005). "Can the Social Model Explain All of Disability Experience? Perspectives of Persons With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" (PDF). The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 59 (5): 497–506. doi:10.5014/ajot.59.5.497. ISSN 0272-9490.
- ↑ Arroll, Megan A. (September 18, 2014). Invisible Illness: Coping with misunderstood conditions. SPCK. ISBN 978-1-84709-306-6.
- ↑ Hale, Catherine; Benstead, Stef; Lyus, Jenny; Odell, Evan; Ruddock, Anna (2020). Energy Impairment and Disability Inclusion: Towards an Advocacy Movement for Energy Limiting Chronic Illness (PDF). Centre for Welfare Reform. ISBN 978-1-912712-25-0.
