relapse
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Most patients experience a relapse, followed by rapid disease progression.
From Science Daily
“Obesity is a chronic, relapsing, biologically defended disease. The body defends its highest sustained weight. So when weight decreases, compensatory mechanisms intensify. GLP‑1s blunt these signals, but they do not eliminate them entirely.”
According to the MS Trust, this treatment reduces the number of relapses by about 70%.
From BBC
“Obesity is a chronic, relapsing, biologically defended disease,” says Stanford.
Although antibiotics are commonly used to treat the infection, many patients experience relapses after treatment.
From Science Daily
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