Chronic V Acute

schrodie

Brassedoff wrote: »

Acute means you will be able to get better. Chronic means you will not get better.

Or Acute= Short Term & Chronic = Long Term.

Brassedoff

kaya wrote: »

in pain terms chronic pain is pain that has lasted for more than 3 months and has no apparent function , acute pain is the one that gets you screaming when it hits

Who told you that? Almost shaking with anger, comments borne from stupidity show just why some people need to stay off the internet.

As a sufferer of a chronic condition that puts me on enough morphine that would KILL you if you we're taking it! It also means its incurerable, long term and devastating to my life!

From Wiki

The term 'acute' may often be confused by the general public to mean 'severe' but not long term.

However, acute injuries are not all severe, and vice versa. For example, a mild stubbed toe is an acute injury. Similarly, many Acute upper respiratory infections and Acute gastroenteritis cases in adults are mild and usually resolve within a few days.

This is often to distinguish diseases from their chronic forms, such as chronic pain, Chronic leukemia, or to highlight the sudden onset of the disease, such as acute myocardial infarct.[2]

Associated terms may include:

Acute on chronic, referring to an acute exacerbation of a chronic condition. It is applied to a variety of conditions, including: liver failure,[3][4] subdural hematoma,[5] renal failure[6] respiratory failure,[7][8] and bronchitis

Acute on chronic inflammation, a term sometimes used in pathology sometimes used to describe a pattern of inflammation which is a mixture of chronic and acute inflammation. It may be seen in asthma,[9] rheumatoid arthritis,[10] chronic peptic ulcer,[10] chronic periodontitis,[10] tuberculosis,[10] tonsillitis and other conditions.

Subacute, a poorly-defined state between acute and chronic,[1][2] for example subacute endocarditis, or subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Chronic, referring to a long-term condition.[1][2]

Go and take a neurophen for you mild ACUTE pain.

Brassedoff

schrodie wrote: »

Or Acute= Short Term & Chronic = Long Term.

Depends on what side of Chronic or Acute you are on.

Brassedoff

tokenfield wrote: »

This was on behalf of someone else.

They had a one off 'Acute' condition which by itself is and was not recognised as being appropriate to claim ESA or indeed DLA/PIP for.

Recovery from that 'Acute' attack lasted approx. 3 months.

However the condition became 'Chronic' which was acceptable for ESA.

I didn't realise how important it was to have any condition or illness determined as being 'Chronic' instead of 'Acute'.

Why do you do it? Do you get a kick out of getting everyone at each others throats?

I could agree with a few things you say, but that is all about opinion. I have a different opinion to the person next to me. But I would not want to kick someone next to me who has issues or problems they cannot or are incapable of dealing with.

Why?

Richie-from-the-Boro

What words mean in this case are determined by legislation or tribunal case law, most as in 90% I suspect by case law, not by Wiki or even Chambers or Oxford Dictionaries. Those definitions are then usually incorporated by the DWP into their Glossary of Terms.

Acute - Having rapid onset
Chronic - Long-term or prolonged; applied to a disease that is not acute

tokenfield

Brassedoff wrote: »

Why do you do it? Do you get a kick out of getting everyone at each others throats?

I could agree with a few things you say, but that is all about opinion. I have a different opinion to the person next to me. But I would not want to kick someone next to me who has issues or problems they cannot or are incapable of dealing with.

Why?

Why do I do what?

I was only asking a simple question I thought.

When someone's condition moved from acute to chronic he couldn't understand why acute meant no benefits yet chronic meant some benefits. At the end of the day he was still suffering from the same damn thing from the date he was admitted into hospital to the present day. He hasn't suddenly become 'iller'.

tokenfield

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

What words mean in this case are determined by legislation or tribunal case law, most as in 90% I suspect by case law, not by Wiki or even Chambers or Oxford Dictionaries. Those definitions are then usually incorporated by the DWP into their Glossary of Terms.

Acute - Having rapid onset
Chronic - Long-term or prolonged; applied to a disease that is not acute

Using that as an example: his condition rapidly came about which is continues to be long-term and prolonged.

All he wanted to know was when it finished to be acute and became chronic.

He is happy that it has been resolved now but feels that he was unjustly dealt with by all concerned in the 3+ months leading up to getting the award following the second claim.

Brassedoff

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

What words mean in this case are determined by legislation or tribunal case law, most as in 90% I suspect by case law, not by Wiki or even Chambers or Oxford Dictionaries. Those definitions are then usually incorporated by the DWP into their Glossary of Terms.

Acute - Having rapid onset
Chronic - Long-term or prolonged; applied to a disease that is not acute

Richie, nothing has ever, ever pressed my button on these or any other forum. Nothing. Until that post.

My chronic pain has sometimes had me driving around at 3am thinking about finding a long drive off a short Beachy Head.

You see many things posted on here with respect to illnesses, yet chronic pain, 24-7 is generally something that you cannot opt out of.

There's no support group for chronic pain, it's difficult to describe, it's there and unlike knowing you'll be better someday with counselling, or with surgery, or with death. There is no release from chronic, scale 9.10 pain.

Btw, I know it's scale 9.10 when they shove great big needles connected to a machine feeding impulses.

These boards are a lonely place between 1.30am and 6am


Rant over, I feel better now.

Parva

Heh, can't fault Andy's powers of stirring s**t!

swheatley

Acute and Chronic pain are determined by their onset and duration and NOT by their severity.

I know I am a newbie on here, but I cannot see what was offensive or insensitive about Tokenfields post. I don't know anyone on this site from Adam, so have no allegiance to anyone.

I suffer from chronic pain, having a spinal tumour, so have insight into disability issues and the daily grind of living with them. Attacking each other is not the way to go. Forums are a place where people have differences of opinion and will sometimes be incendiary. How we deal with them can make pleasant viewing or not. There is a lot of knowledge individually and collectively on here, so can we be respectful of each others opinions and comments?