Acute pancreatitis begins as a sudden onset of sharp pain in the mid- and upper abdomen.

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Following the incubation period, a sudden onset of flu-like signs and symptoms occurs.

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We discovered he had sudden onset of a condition called strabismus in the eyes, and his right eye needed surgery.

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So, if you develop sudden onset of palpitations or an irregular heartbeat, you should seek treatment in the nearest emergency department.

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An using the biomarker to predict or identify cerebral malaria, he said, would not necessarily be practical, given the sudden onset of the disease.

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Military analysts know full well that a sudden onset of famine is one of the surest triggers for civil unrest and all out war.

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Even when the details of credit default swaps and high yield bonds lead to fits of sudden-onset narcolepsy!

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In the UK, where ugly sweater parties had never quite caught on in the same way, the onset of the phenomenon was perhaps more sudden.

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