In
medicine
Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...
, an exacerbation is the worsening of a disease or an increase in its
symptom
Signs and symptoms are diagnostic indications of an illness, injury, or condition.
Signs are objective and externally observable; symptoms are a person's reported subjective experiences.
A sign for example may be a higher or lower temperature ...
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Examples includes an
acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and
acute exacerbation of congestive heart failure.
See also
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Flare-up
References
Medical terminology
Symptoms
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