Collocations for illness - noun

fatal, incurable, terminal | debilitating, life-threatening, major, serious, severe | minor | lingering, long, long-standing, long-term, prolonged | brief, short | final, last | acute, chronic | infectious | painful | depressive, mental, psychiatric, psychotic | psychosomatic | physical | respiratory | childhood

bout, episode
an acuteepisode of mental illness

have, suffer (from)
Badly fed children suffer a lot of minor illnesses. | people who suffer from mental illness

contract, develop, get
He contracted a serious illness and died a month later.

diagnose | treat
The drug is used to treat a wide range of illnesses.

cause
illnesses caused by poverty

prevent
a drug that may be helpful in preventing illnesses such as cancer

recover from | fight (off)
The immune system enables the body to fight off illness.

feign
She feigned illness so that she wouldn''t have to go to school.

nurse sb through
She nursed her father through his final illness.

affect sb
Themystery illness affected hundredsof people in the city.

after ~
He''s just returned towork after illness.

because of/due to/through ~
earningslost due to illness

with ~
peoplewith serious psychological illnesses

~ among
a high rate of illnessamong the workers

~ associated with
the illnessesassociated with HIV infection

~ in
episodes of illness in children

the onset of illness
thesudden onset of illness in a parent

a smoking-/Aids-, etc. related illness
the most commonstress-related illnesses