Malaise
| Malaise | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Discomfort, uneasiness |
| Pronunciation | |
| Specialty | Family medicine, Internal medicine, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology |
| Symptoms | Feeling of uneasiness or discomfort |
| Diagnostic method | Based on symptoms |
| Differential diagnosis | Pain, anxiety, depression |
As a medical term, malaise is a feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or lack of wellbeing and often the first sign of an infection or other disease.[1] The word has existed in French since at least the 12th century.
The term is often used
figuratively in other contexts, in addition to its meaning as a general state of angst or melancholy
.
Cause
Malaise is a
heart attack, internal bleeding
, etc.).
Malaise expresses a patient's uneasiness that "something is not right" that may need a medical examination to determine the significance.
Malaise is thought to be caused by the activation of an immune response, and the associated pro-inflammatory
cytokines.[3]
Figurative use
"
1973–75 United States recession.[4] An era of American automotive history, centered around the 1970s, is similarly called the "malaise era
."
The "Crisis of Confidence" speech made by US President
malaise speech", although the word itself was not actually in the speech.[5]
See also
- Ennui
- Fatigue (medical)
- Malaise Créole
- Post-exertional malaise
- Prodrome
- Torpor
Notes and references
- ^ "Malaise: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia". medlineplus.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16.
- from the original on 13 September 2016 – via care.diabetesjournals.org.
- PMID 19389580.
- ^ One example can be found in The Next 200 Years: A Scenario for America and the World, by Herman Kahn et al., published in 1976, p. 2.
- ^ ""Crisis of Confidence" Speech (July 15, 1979)". Miller Center, University of Virginia. Archived from the original (text and video) on July 21, 2009.
Look up malaise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.