For all his rage against injustice and constant illness, his later years were crowned with happiness.
In "The Constant Gardener," illness is no mere metaphor, but a crime perpetuated by corporate profitmongers cultivating a "TB market" where "billions and billions of dollars are waiting to be earned".
CMC's differ depending on illness onset (acute or gradual), illness course (progressive, constant or episodic), illness outcome (fatal, possibly fatal, reduced longevity, non-fatal) and the degree of impairment (impairing vs. non-impairing) (Schepers et al. 2007).
For years, some Tonawanda residents have battled itchy eyes, scratchy throats, constant headaches, and illnesses such as cancer, blood disorders, gastrointestinal diseases, miscarriages, and asthma -- always wondering, often suspecting.
"I wouldn't say that I live in a constant state of illness, but I do think that when you have been sexually or physically abused, it is a life sentence.
In interviews the director, Claude Stratz, had spoken eloquently of the play's tragic undertones: the constant specter of illness and death; the disease of egotism that attacks hope and love.
Actually, the most powerful thing in the book is the constant presence of illness and death (most of Manzoni's children and even some of his grandchildren die before he does), a fact of life in earlier centuries that is fortunately alien to most modern readers.
Health professionals reported frequently distress at work due to work overloads and the constant confrontation with illness.
Lymphopenia was constant throughout the illness and thrombocytopenia, on average, lasted for 5 days, beginning on the fourth day after onset.
Past research indicates that patterns of information seeking may not remain constant along the illness trajectory (Butow et al, 1997; Leydon et al, 2000; Rees and Bath, 2001; McCaughan and McKenna, 2007; Eheman et al, 2009).
