Matress  +  303815 Thu, 14 Dec 06 02:36 PM I am tring to understand the sentence below, but the bold expression drove me a little confuse. "And some people who have a chronic illness may find that the symptons of the illness flare up under an overload of stress." Let's see:   if a person has a chronic illness, it can get worst cause an overload of stress. Is it the idea?  If not, please help me with the right meaning. Thanks, Marco. Matress Joined on Sat, Nov 26 2005 Brazil - a land of all kind of people Full Member 455 I'm singing in the rain Just singing in the rain What a glorious feeling I'm happy again...

	Grammar Geek  +  303817 Thu, 14 Dec 06 02:44 PM Hi Marco, (I must pay more attention - I don't think I realized that was your name before!) You are correct. A "flare up" is a pretty common way to refer to when symptoms of a chronic illness "come out of hiding." So the phrase "flare up" is not related to the "under an overload of stress." You could rewrite to say "An overload of stress may cause the symptoms to flare up." Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Marius Hancu  +  303818 Thu, 14 Dec 06 02:46 PM ----- flare up b : a sudden intensification of something previously mild or quiescent <a flare-up of labor disputes> <a new flare-up of border disorders>; especially : a sudden increase in the symptoms of a latent or subsiding disease <a flare-up of malaria> http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com -------- You had it (the illness), and it is renewed (comes back) as a result of stress Marius Hancu Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006 Veteran Member 11,673

	Matress  +  304668 Sun, 17 Dec 06 02:13 AM  Grammar Geek wrote: Hi Marco, (I must pay more attention - I don't think I realized that was your name before!) You are correct. A "flare up" is a pretty common way to refer to when symptoms of a chronic illness "come out of hiding." So the phrase "flare up" is not related to the "under an overload of stress." You could rewrite to say "An overload of stress may cause the symptoms to flare up." Thanks, Barbara. Matress Grammar

	Michaellord  +  305315 Tue, 19 Dec 06 11:43 AM  Marius Hancu wrote: ----- flare up b : a sudden intensification of something previously mild or quiescent <a flare-up of labor disputes> <a new flare-up of border disorders>; especially : a sudden increase in the symptoms of a latent or subsiding disease <a flare-up of malaria> http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com -------- You had it (the illness), and it is renewed (comes back) as a result of stress This contributes to a more accurate explanation. Michaellord Joined on Tue, Dec 19 2006 New Member 03