Asthma -- an illness aggravated by coal emissions -- is considered an epidemic in communities of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, almost two thirds of the total Hispanic population.
He pointed out that large numbers of patients precluded any attempt by himself to conduct enquiry into emotional aspects of illness but that he often felt that he was informing the patient inaccurately and perhaps, by stressing the role of somatic illness, aggravating the patient's condition.
Indirect causes account for 20 to 25% of maternal deaths and are attributable to illnesses aggravated by pregnancy [ 6] such as anemia, malaria and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS).
Depression caused by chronic illness often aggravates the illness, especially if the condition causes pain, fatigue, or disruption of social life.
Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, the architect of the band's early masterpiece The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, was a case in point, a man who struggled to cope with the rigours of fame and left the group in 1968 amid speculations of mental illness allegedly aggravated by his drug intake.
Nitrogen oxide and fine particulates, which are minute pieces of exhaust, can penetrate deeply into the lungs and contribute to respiratory illness and aggravate heart disease.
Problems with illness are aggravated because of the lack of food".
Incomplete clearance of cellular damage inflicted by illness and aggravated by hyperglycemia could explain lack of recovery from organ failure in critically ill patients.
Incomplete clearance of cellular damage, inflicted by illness and aggravated by hyperglycemia, possibly explains the lack of recovery from organ failure in patients with prolonged critical illness and provides potential perspectives for therapies that activate autophagy [ 83].
Hypoglutaminemia, in turn, negatively influences clinical development in critically ill patients, aggravates severity of illness [ 1], and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity [ 1], thereby presenting a rationale for corrective strategies.
