Sentence examples for severely debilitating from inspiring English sources

The Charlson index has some limitations, however: (a) it does not incorporate a measure of function (Greenfield et al, 1987); patients with identical scores can vary in comorbid disease severity, for example, manageable diabetes is classified within the same category as severely debilitating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Charlson score '1').

It was pitifully obvious that Parkinson's disease was severely debilitating his brain and limbs.

Alzheimer's, a degenerative and severely debilitating neurological disorder, was originally described in 1906 by the Bavarian psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer, who regarded the condition as a relatively rare form of senile dementia, generally afflicting patients younger than 65.

Nevertheless, the study is seen as an important breakthrough in the fundamental understanding and possible treatment of diseases that can be severely debilitating for the children and adults with mitochondrial defects.

Background: migraine is a severely debilitating desease, causing significant morbidity and negative impact on sufferers' quality of life (Bigal 2008).

Trigeminal nerve damage often leads to chronic pain syndromes including trigeminal neuralgia, a severely debilitating chronic orofacial pain syndrome.

Support from clinical psychology can be an important part of the treatment 'package' for some individuals who are severely debilitated by their tinnitus or who experience severe psychological problems such as depression and anxiety [ 30].

And if he were able to pull through, he would be severely debilitated by his injuries.

Untreated, tabes dorsalis usually makes unassisted walking impossible and severely debilitates the victim.

The procedure may eventually help scores of people who survive heart attacks but are severely debilitated by damage to the organ.

"Here's somebody who was severely debilitated with M.S. and then when she gets to the Olympic games, she's going almost non-stop".