Q8 of 43 Page 13

Differentiate acute and chronic disease?


Acute diseaseChronic disease
Diseases that last for only very short period ---riod of time are called acute diseases.Ailments, which last for a long time, even as much as a lifetime, are called chronic diseases.
Eg. Common coldEg. Elephantiasis

More from this chapter

All 43 →
6 How does our body carry out the various functions? 7 List some symptoms, which indicate that a person is suffering from an ailment? 9 Distinguish between infectious and non-infectious disease? 10 Give few examples of some common disease caused by the microbes?