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Malaise

Feeling of general discomfort

Field	Value
name	Malaise
synonyms	Discomfort, uneasiness
pronounce
field	Family medicine, Internal medicine, Pediatrics, Geriatrics, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology
symptoms	Feeling of uneasiness or discomfort
diagnosis	Based on symptoms
differential	Pain, anxiety, depression

Note

In medicine, malaise is a feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or lack of wellbeing and often the first sign of an infection or other disease. It is considered a vague termdescribing the state of simply not feeling well. 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 melancholia.

Cause

Malaise is a non-specific symptom and can be present in the slightest ailment, such as an emotion (causing fainting, a vasovagal response) or hunger (light hypoglycemia), to the most serious conditions (cancer, stroke, 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.

Figurative use

"Economic malaise" refers to an economy that is stagnant or in recession (compare depression). The term is particularly associated with the 1973–75 United States recession. 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 Jimmy Carter in 1979 is commonly referred to as the "malaise speech", although the word itself was not actually in the speech.

References

"Malaise: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia".
(1 February 2003). "Short-Term, Delayed, and Working Memory Are Impaired During Hypoglycemia in Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes". Diabetes Care.
(1 December 2016). "Cytokine, Sickness Behavior, and Depression". Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America.
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.

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