Long Term Conditions (LTCs) / Complex Medical Conditions usually involve multiple body systems and are chronic in nature. This means they persist over a long time, usually for a person's lifetime. There is usually no cure, and are managed with drugs and other treatments.
Long Term Conditions (LTCs) / Complex Medical Conditions (CMCs)
Below are some LTCs/CMCs terms that you are likely to encounter. You can use CTRL + F to search for a term.
Whole Body | Head | Chest |
Diabetes / pre-diabetes | Stroke & Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) | Atrial Fibrillation (AF) |
Hypertension | Learning Disabilities | Asthma |
Obesity | Severe Mental Illness (SMI) | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) |
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) / Vascular disease
| Neurological device (e.g. VP shunt) | Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) / Ischaemic Heart Disease (IHD) or previous heart attack |
Cancer (including blood cancers: leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma) | Heart Failure | |
Autoimmune condition (e.g. Lupus) | Pulmonary fibrosis |
Kidney & Urinary | Gut | Immunosuppression |
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) | Liver disease | Born with a condition that weakens immune system |
Single kidney | Multiple abdominal surgeries | HIV/AIDS |
Long-term urinary catheter | Sickle cell disease | |
Liver cirrhosis | ||
Viral hepatitis | ||
Thymus or spleen removal | ||
Bone marrow or organ transplant | ||
Chemotherapy or radiation therapy |
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