What is the difference between acute and chronic diseases?

Solution:

Kindly find below the differences between acute and chronic diseases:
 
Characteristics Acute diseases Chronic diseases
Definition 1. An acute disease can be described as the one in which a person recovers faster and it is of short duration.  A chronic disease refers to the disease in which recovery period is long.
Effectiveness 2. Effect of the diseases vanishes away as soon as it is cured. Effect is long-lasting for this type of diseases.
Symptoms 3. Symptoms of acute diseases are fairly intense but resolve in short period. Symptoms of chronic diseases are mild but they persist.
Cure 4. Cure of these diseases is fairly simple. Cure of these diseases is very difficult and sometimes impossible.
Example 5. example - influenza, strep throat. tuberculosis, cancer

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