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Illustrate the difference between acute and chronic diseases with an example for each?​

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Acute is short term. Example headache or back pain .

Chronic is regularly happening. People can have chronic migraines, repeated chronic ear infections, something that regularly returns
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Answer:

acute: brief, develop over a short time. Ex. Asthma

chronic: long, develop over a long period of time. Ex. Arthritis

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