Sentences with phrase «sudden worsening of symptoms»

Some people don't know they have AI until they have a sudden worsening of symptoms called an adrenal crisis.

A new study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators finds that heart failure patients who underwent bariatric surgery to treat morbid obesity had a significant reduction in the incidence of heart failure exacerbation — a dangerous, sudden worsening of symptoms — in the two years following surgery.

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Arthritis flares — the unpredictable and often sudden worsening of arthritis symptoms — can be debilitating.

SPIROMICS 2, a five - year extension of the original project, has three main objectives: track the progression of people who show symptoms of COPD but do not meet the criteria for diagnosis; determine whether the biological root of emphysema is a problem with the lung's airways or blood vessels; and understand the biology of COPD exacerbation, a sudden worsening of bronchitis symptoms.

Sudden, severe worsening of symptoms is called an Addisonian crisis, or acute adrenal insufficiency.