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A chronic disease is often preventable, often associated with illness that is ongoing and with no cure currently available. Chronic conditions tend to develop slowly, often taking years before they affect your quality of life. Some examples of chronic conditions include diabetes, obesity, arthritis and heart disease. The symptoms may include annoying aches and pains in joints with arthritis, or shortness of breath with heart problems. There are often no quick solutions to these conditions and rather than the disease itself, it is the consequences of the conditions which can have the greatest affect on your daily life and personal relationships. This includes tiredness, pain, lack of energy or just a feeling of being down in the dumps. Adopting self-management principles for your condition through the use of information and education may help you to better manage your condition and improve your quality of life. Cancer is also considered a chronic disease, although the symptoms may differ to other chronic diseases.
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