Living with Chronic Pain: Management and Treatment

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What is chronic pain syndrome?

Chronic pain syndrome takes a toll on both your physical and mental health. While the pain can be near-constant, there may be flares of more intense pain due to increases in stress or activity. Symptoms include:

How common is chronic pain in the UK?

Chronic pain is a common condition affecting over one third of adults in the UK. Chronic pain is pain that continues for longer than 3 months, either as part of another health condition, or despite investigations and treatment. How does your body feel pain?

What causes chronic pain?

Sometimes there’s no identifiable cause for chronic pain. If you’ve had an injury and pain continues after the expected healing time, this might be chronic pain. Visit Flippin Pain to understand more about pain. What is the difference between living with acute pain and chronic pain?

What are the symptoms of chronic pain?

People with chronic pain describe their pain in many different ways, such as: Aching. Burning. Shooting. Squeezing. Stiffness. Stinging. Throbbing. Chronic pain often leads to other symptoms and conditions, including: Anxiety. Depression. Fatigue, or feeling overly tired most of the time. Insomnia, or trouble falling asleep. Mood swings.

What is chronic pain?

Chronic pain (also called long-term pain or persistent pain) is pain that lasts for more than three months. Pain can be caused by (secondary to) an underlying condition (such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, or endometriosis ). Chronic pain can also be primary.

How long does chronic pain last?

Chronic pain is pain that continues for longer than 3 months, either as part of another health condition, or despite investigations and treatment. How does your body feel pain? The brain and the nerves inside the spine (the spinal nerves) make up the central nervous system.

What is chronic primary pain?

Chronic primary pain is chronic pain that is not related to a separate underlying condition. Chronic primary pain includes chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia or chronic low back pain, where the condition itself is defined by having chronic pain.

What Is Chronic Pain

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Chronic Pain Information

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3. https://www.brainandspine.org.uk/health-information/fact-sheets/chronic-pain/