Question

Chronic diseases are more prevalent in our society today, and may be defined as:

Question 4 options:

	A disease or condition that lasts three months or less.
	A disease or condition that is not curable and last until death.
	A disease or condition that the physician documents non-acute.
	A disease or condition that lasts three months or more.

Answer 1

Chronic disease: A disease or condition that usually lasts for 3 months or longer and may get worse over time. Chronic diseases tend to occur in older adults and can usually be controlled but not cured. The most common types of chronic disease are cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and arthritis.

  World Health Organization states that chronic diseases,are not passed from person to person. They are of long duration and generally slow progression. The four main types are cardiovascular diseases (like heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructed pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.

Option A:disease or condition that lasts three months or less.it is acute illness and can be curable.

Option B:disease or condition that is not curable and last until death.This is a statement relating chronic disease,as the disease like diabetis,chronic respiratory diseases,cardiovascular disease persist until death.

Option C: A disease or condition that the physician documents non-acute. Phycian already documented it is non acute so belongs to chronic category of disease.

Option D: A disease or condition that lasts three months or more.A disease or condition lasts more than 3 months categorised as achronic disease.

SO THE WRONG ANSWER IS OPTION A