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Cholera is considered as an acute disease and arthritis as a chronic disease. Discuss.

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Disease which lasts for a short period of time and after treatment patients are recovered completely, and it does not cause long-term effects. Such disease is called acute disease. Cholera is an acute disease. Diseases which last for a long period of time and after treatment patients are not recovered completely, and they cause long-term effects. Such disease is called chronic disease. Arteritis is a chronic disease.
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