Pseudo-chronic disease:
Synonyms: false chronic diseases; inappropriate chronic diseases.
Pseudo-chronic diseases are those diseases that are caused by some avoidable maintaining cause. They are not caused by any Hahnemannian fundamental miasma. Avoidable maintaining causes means any maintaining cause which can be avoided, which is avoidable if one tries on a daily basis to avoid it; then you can prevent these pseudo-chronic diseases. they have all the characteristics of chronic diseases except one that they are not caused by Hahnemanniun miasma. They progress slowly, and gradually like as true chronic diseases; if maintaining cause is not removed at a time, they suffer a patient for a long period of time like as true chronic diseases.

• Those who are continuously exposed to toxic influences that could be avoided. Often this includes occupational hazards like working in smoking areas/bars, in industrial polluted areas, in chemical factories producing toxic products, nuclear reactors, etc.
• Those who continue to take alcohol; tobacco and medicinal preparations that are already showing their damaging effect on health, or continue with their use of narcotic drugs however mild.
• Those who abstain from balanced diets and eat just a few selected foods. Or others get onto extreme diet protocols. Some people are too poor to afford balanced diets, and simply eat what they have in their back gardens. Malnourishment is a major problem in many areas of the world.
• Those that live in marshy area, small closed, and confined in large cities where land and housing is a premium. People live in shanty towns and slums where ventilation, sanitation, and space are severely limited.
• Those who do not get adequate exercise and exposure to open air and sunshine.
• Those who are living a life so stressed and overworking with 2-3 different part-time jobs, and too much of either physical or mental work and hence are moving towards the “burnout” syndrome.
• Those who continue to drive themselves with constant worry and anxiety.