Today the public complains that psychiatrists seem ready to call every state of mental distress an illness.
The virus lives in the nerve roots in a dormant state, and is re-activated during times of illness and stress.
The Oxford English Dictionary documents how the word "rabid" found similar purchase in English during the 17th century, as a term of illness but also as a wrenching state of agitation: "rabid with anguish" (1621), "rabid Griefe" (1646).
There's no official term for milder forms of "nervous breakdown, " though some patients and clinicians wish there was still a name for a temporary state of being overwhelmed by outside forces without an underlying mental illness.
Kazmierczak had no arrest record and no known history of mental illness, and he had a valid state-required firearm ID card, so he had no problem buying the guns, one law enforcement source said.
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Earlier in April, Chavez spoke at a Mass in his home state of Barinas, tearing up at times as he discussed his struggle with illness.
Massachusetts is one state that the CDC had identified as having high activity of influenza-like illness based on the week ending December 29, but downgraded it to "moderate" activity in Friday's update.
"I don't think we're well set as a state at all to be able to deal with these intensive cases" of mental illness, acknowledged Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, usually an avid proponent of downsizing social programs.
Elsewhere around the world, Cuba's Fidel Castro one of the world's longest serving heads of state stepped down in 2006 at age 79 due to an intestinal illness that nearly killed him, handing power to his younger brother Raul.
But neither the federal government nor any state requires all households to protect themselves from the potentially catastrophic costs of a serious accident or illness.
Speaking at a Mass in his home state of Barinas on Thursday night, he teared up at times as he discussed his struggle with illness.
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