sốt mòn
Definition
- Noun (Medical):
- Hectic fever: A specific type of prolonged, wasting fever characterized by daily peaks of high temperature, often accompanied by drenching sweats, severe chills, and progressive physical decline. It is historically and classically associated with advanced stages of chronic infectious diseases like tuberculosis.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Bệnh nhân lao giai đoạn cuối thường bị sốt mòn. (Patients with end-stage tuberculosis often suffer from hectic fever.)
- Triệu chứng sốt mòn bao gồm đổ mồ hôi trộm và sụt cân nhanh. (Symptoms of hectic fever include night sweats and rapid weight loss.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "sốt mòn" is a specialized medical term. In modern clinical English, the condition is more commonly described with specific terms like "hectic fever" or as part of the "consumptive" or "wasting" syndrome seen in serious chronic infections or certain cancers.
Variants and Related Words
- Sốt kéo dài (n): prolonged fever.
- Cơn sốt kéo dài khiến bệnh nhân rất mệt mỏi. (The prolonged fever left the patient very fatigued.)
- Sốt rét (n): malaria (a different, specific febrile illness).
- Sốt rét thường gây ra những cơn sốt rét run theo chu kỳ. (Malaria often causes cyclical bouts of chills and fever.)
Synonyms
- Hectic fever: The direct medical synonym.
- Consumptive fever: An older term emphasizing the wasting effect.
- Wasting fever: Describes the fever's association with physical decline.
Related Medical Concepts
- Lao phổi (n): Pulmonary tuberculosis, the disease most historically linked with sốt mòn.
- Sốt mòn là một dấu hiệu nặng của bệnh lao phổi. (Hectic fever is a severe sign of pulmonary tuberculosis.)
- Hội chứng suy mòn (n): Cachexia/wasting syndrome, which includes the symptoms of sốt mòn.
- Bệnh nhân ung thư đôi khi rơi vào hội chứng suy mòn. (Cancer patients sometimes fall into a cachexia syndrome.)