untreated
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But even a short gap can mean skipped medications, delayed appointments or untreated symptoms that become urgent and potentially more serious than they would otherwise have been.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Because her endometriosis had been left untreated for so long, it had formed into frozen pelvis disease where "everything was stuck together".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The illness generally isn’t deadly, but diarrhea—which if untreated may last a month—can cause dangerous dehydration.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Three said they had contracted scabies—a skin disease associated with inadequate sanitary conditions that can become fatal if untreated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In the untreated fields there was no trouble; the damage stopped at the border between treated and untreated fields.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
