Given the chronic nature of the disease, treatment for Crohn's disease has three main goals:

The findings were held as important in moving patients, careers and clinicians away from the prevalent belief of the chronic nature of the condition.

Because of dysthymia's chronic nature, treatment resistance can be somewhat common in dysthymic patients.

Therefore, a common characteristic of toxic metals is the chronic nature of their toxicity.

Treatment is further complicated because of the chronic nature of headache.

Health coaching is becoming recognized as a new way to help individuals "manage" their illnesses and conditions, especially those of a chronic nature.

The most common aspects of cancer pain are its chronic nature and its tendency to get progressively worse if the disease cannot be contained.

There are many treatments available, but because of its chronic recurrent nature, psoriasis is a challenge to treat.

The chronic, unpredictable nature of MS makes it difficult to manage.

Doctors were urged to instruct patients about the chronic nature of asthma and the need to follow a prescribed treatment plan.