20 Facts About Chronic pain

Chronic pain is classified as pain that lasts longer than three to six months.

In medicine, the distinction between acute and chronic pain is sometimes determined by the amount of time since onset.

Two commonly used markers are pain that continues at three months and six months since onset, but some theorists and researchers have placed the transition from acute to chronic pain at twelve months.

People with non-cancer pain who have not been helped by non-opioid medicines might be recommended to try opioids if there is no history of substance use disorder and no current mental illness.

Superficial Chronic pain is initiated by activation of nociceptors in the skin or superficial tissues.

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Deep somatic Chronic pain is initiated by stimulation of nociceptors in ligaments, tendons, bones, blood vessels, fasciae and muscles, and is dull, aching, poorly-localized Chronic pain.

In some cases, chronic pain can be caused by genetic factors which interfere with neuronal differentiation, leading to a permanently lowered threshold for pain.

Also, persistent Chronic pain has been shown to cause grey matter loss, which is reversible once the Chronic pain has resolved.

The combined knowledge of various medical professions and allied health professions is used to ease Chronic pain and improve the quality of life of those living with Chronic pain.

Acute pain usually resolves with the efforts of one practitioner; however, the management of chronic pain frequently requires the coordinated efforts of a treatment team.

Various other nonopioid medicines can be used, depending on whether the Chronic pain is a result of tissue damage or is neuropathic.

The effectiveness of mindfulness-based Chronic pain management has been supported by a range of studies.

Acupuncture has been found to be an effective and safe treatment in reducing pain and improving quality of life in chronic pain including chronic pelvic pain syndrome.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation for reduction of chronic pain is not supported by high quality evidence, and the demonstrated effects are small and short-term.

Some investigators have argued that it is this neuroticism that causes acute pain to turn chronic, but clinical evidence points the other way, to chronic pain causing neuroticism.

That is, the more intense the Chronic pain feels to the person, the more likely they are to have thoughts about it that fit the definition of catastrophization.

Chronic pain's impact on cognition is an under-researched area, but several tentative conclusions have been published.

Objective testing has found that people in chronic pain tend to experience impairment in attention, memory, mental flexibility, verbal ability, speed of response in a cognitive task, and speed in executing structured tasks.

People with persistent Chronic pain conditions tend to rely on their social support as a coping mechanism and therefore have better outcomes when they are a part of larger more supportive social networks.

Higher levels of Chronic pain were associated with a decrease in social activities, lower levels of social support, and reduced social functioning.