What Is Chagas Disease?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
7. Chronic Phase
Not all patients will experience symptoms in the chronic phase. When symptoms do occur, they may not manifest for 10 or even 20 years after the initial infection took place. Luckily, most people do not have any symptoms. This is fortunate because it can last for decades, and even for the remainder of the patient’s life.
If a patient does experience symptoms in the chronic phase, they are likely to find that the symptoms are somewhat worse than those of the acute phase. Indeed, it can be very dangerous and around 20% to 30% will go on to develop life-threatening complications.
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