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Euthyroid sick syndrome probably represents an overlap of an allostatic response with pathologic reactions and drug interferences. [2] Allostatic overload may result in wasting syndrome and myxedema coma. Thyroid storm, though, represents allostatic failure, where the organism is unable to develop NTIS in the situation of thyrotoxicosis. [2]
Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a condition in which people develop symptoms of illness or become infected with chronic disease from the building in which they work or reside. [1] In scientific literature, SBS is also known as building-related illness (BRI) , building-related symptoms (BRS) , or idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI) .
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist, a 1997 documentary film; Sick: Survive the Night, a 2012 Canadian horror film; Sick, an American horror film "Sick" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), a 2004 TV episode
Even where sick leave is normally required for all employees, the business owner may not be considered an employee or have access to paid sick leave, especially in a microbusiness that is operated by the owners. Paid sick leave can reduce employee turnover, increase productivity, and reduce the spread of disease in the workplace and in the ...
The person who is sick takes on a social role called the sick role. A person who responds to a dreaded disease, such as cancer, in a culturally acceptable fashion may be publicly and privately honored with higher social status. [45] In return for these benefits, the sick person is obligated to seek treatment and work to become well once more.
Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or sudor anglicus in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning in 1485.
Ancher, Michael, "The Sick Girl", 1882, Statens Museum for Kunst. Sickness behavior is a coordinated set of adaptive behavioral changes that develop in ill individuals during the course of an infection. [1] They usually, but not always, [2] accompany fever and aid survival.
Sick role is a term used in medical sociology regarding sickness and the rights and obligations of the affected. [1] It is a concept created by American sociologist Talcott Parsons in 1951. [ 2 ] The sick role fell out of favour in the 1990s replaced by social constructist theories.