Last revised by Ian Bickle on 21 Jul 2020
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Bell D, Bickle I, Self-limiting. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 14 Sep 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-69443
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Article created:
11 Jul 2019, Daniel J Bell ◉
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At the time the article was created Daniel J Bell had no recorded disclosures.
Last revised:
21 Jul 2020, Ian Bickle ◉
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At the time the article was last revised Ian Bickle had no recorded disclosures.
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Synonyms:
- Self-limited
- Self limited
- Self-recovering
- Self recovering
- Self limiting
Self-limiting(a.k.a. self-recovering) is a term used in clinical medicine to refer to any disease whose natural history is to resolve without treatment. Many viral illnesses, e.g. upper respiratory tract infections,are self-limiting as patients will recover without taking any form of medicine.
However occasionally a self-limiting condition may still be treated because
- it will hasten the end of the disease, and/or
- symptoms are debilitating
Examples of self-limiting diseases:
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