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Remission (medicine)



 
 
Remission is the state of absence of disease
Disease

A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and Medical signs....
 activity in patients with known chronic illness. It is commonly used to refer to absence of active cancer
Cancer

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cell display uncontrolled growth , invasion , and sometimes metastasis . These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize....
 or inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease

In medicine, inflammatory bowel disease is a group of inflammation conditions of the colon and small intestine. The major types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.....
. The term can be used incorrectly with mental illness when the illness is under control and a doctor may say it is in remission when in fact it is merely being controlled.








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Remission is the state of absence of disease
Disease

A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and Medical signs....
 activity in patients with known chronic illness. It is commonly used to refer to absence of active cancer
Cancer

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cell display uncontrolled growth , invasion , and sometimes metastasis . These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize....
 or inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease

In medicine, inflammatory bowel disease is a group of inflammation conditions of the colon and small intestine. The major types of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.....
. The term can be used incorrectly with mental illness when the illness is under control and a doctor may say it is in remission when in fact it is merely being controlled.

See also

  • Spontaneous remission
    Spontaneous remission

    In medicine, spontaneous remission is recovery without known reason or cause. Spontaneous remission are usual in many health disorders and are more commonplace than it is generally assumed, principally in young people....
  • Relapse
    Relapse

    A relapse occurs when a person is affected again by a condition that affected them in the past. This could be a medical or psychological condition such as Clinical depression, bipolar disorder, multiple sclerosis, cancer or an addiction to a drug abuse....