Como dizer "doença (refratária)" em inglês

Uma doença que fica indo e voltando. Nunca cura completamente.

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Eu diria intermittent disease
PPAULO 6 51 1.4k
Recurrence (of the said illness) if it's the same type of illness that was treated. For instance, some type of cancer that is back, if it's another type that appear/develop than it's a Relapse.

Usually "relapse" is also said of "back pain", for instance, meaning both "slipping back" and "worsening".

There is also the concept of "repeat diseases", could be the case of a disease that 'shows up' at some point in life and comes back in a later phase in life, thus needing attention.
Simon Vasconcelos 15 403
Yo-yo disease

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Intermittent disease could be also said of 'conditions' (diseases) that could be actually symptoms of a more serious and 'encompassing' disease.

Mini-strokes (a.k.a. Transient ischemic attacks - TIAs) are an example, actually they could be a 'warning' of a full stroke. But some people could have some and feel good in-between, so mistakenly think they are good.

A yo-yo disease would be related to a relapse or 'coming back' (actually a dejavu of sorts) whereas an intermittent one would be something like on-again off-again sort of thing.

That reminds me of car intermittent problems, when the car issues keep coming back, regardless the previous repair attempt(s). That is, when the repair is made in good faith, I mean. Because sometimes isn't about parts but a system; made up of others parts that might be faulty.
Sometimes intermittent problems could be weather-dependent and show up again, for instance.
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