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Type of pathology	Onset of symptoms	Progression of symptoms	Associated symptoms/pattern of symptoms
Infection	Usually hours	Usually fairly rapid over hours or days	Fevers, localizing symptoms eg: pleuritic pain and cough
Inflammation	Often quite sudden	Weeks or months	Localizing symptoms of variable severity often coming and going
Metabolic	Very variable	Hours to months	Steadily progressive in severity with no remission
Malignant	Gradual	Weeks to months	Weight loss, fatigue
Toxic	Abrupt	Rapid	Dramatic onset of symptoms, vomiting,
Trauma	Abrupt	Little changes from onset	Diagnosis usually clear from history
Vascular	Sudden	Hours	Rapid development of associated physical signs
Degenerative	Gradual	Months to years	Gradual worsening interspersed with periods of more acute deterioration.