when two or more illnesses exist at the same time in one person.
The co-occurrence of two disorders, as when a person is both depressed and alcoholic.
Refers to the simultaneous existence of two or more disorders in the same individual.
Potentially fatal side-effect brought about by a disease process. Specific to morbid obesity, excess buildup of fatty tissue can cause comorbidities such as diabetes and cardiac arrest Coronary heart disease: Heart disease associated with obstruction of the coronary blood vessels that supply blood to the heart.
The presence of co-existing diseases.
Refers to the presence of two or more illnesses (medical, psychiatric, and/or alcohol and other drug use disorders) in the same person.
The presence (or effect) of one or more disorders or diseases in addition to a primary disease or disorder, especially when they are somehow related
Presence of more than one disease or health condition in an individual at a given time.
The existence of more than one disorder at the same time.
Term used in epidmiology to indicate the coexistance of two or more medical diseases. Examples would include lymphedema and cancer; chronic venous thrombosis and edema; lymphoma and leukopenia.
The presence of coexisting or additional diseases or disorders.
'The co-occurrence of two or more disorders such as depressive disorder with anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder with anorexia' (NHMRC, 1997, p. 154).
The presence of multiple disorders in one individual. Pathological gambling has high rates of comorbidity with disorders such as alcoholism and depression.
Coexisting substance misuse with a psychological disorder such as depression or anxiety (NCETA, 2002).
One or more additional chronic diseases in an individual who has suffered a stroke, such as heart or lung disease.
The condition of having two or more diseases at the same time.
A concomitant but unrelated pathologic or disease process, usually used to indicate coexistence of two or more disease processes.
two or more diseases or conditions existing together
The simultaneous appearance of two or more illnesses, such as the co-occurrence of schizophrenia and substance abuse or of alcohol dependence and depression. The association may reflect a causal relationship between one disorder and another or an underlying vulnerability to both disorders. Also, the appearance of the illnesses may be unrelated to any common etiology or vulnerability. compensation defense mechanism, operating unconsciously (see un conscious), by which one attempts to make up for real or fancied deficiencies. Also a conscious process in which one tries to make up for real or imagined defects of physique, performance skills, or psychological attributes. The two types frequently merge. See also Adler; individual psychology; overcompensation.
the co-occurrence of two or more disorders, such as depressive disorder with substance abuse disorder
The simultaneous occurrence of multiple medical conditions or disease in a single person.
person has the symptoms of more than one underlying disorder. Depression and Alcholism is one example. Depressed people can drink heavily and people who are dependent on alcohol eventually become depressed.
A medical condition that exists in addition to and is caused or worsened by obesity or any other primary disease being studied or treated. With sufficient weight loss, obesity-related comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea generally improve or completely resolve.
Two or more coexisting medical conditions or unrelated disease processes.