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Chronic Pain

What is chronic pain?

Pain is a signal from your nervous system that something may be wrong. It is an unpleasant feeling, such as a prick, tingle, sting, burn, or ache. Pain may be sharp or dull. You may feel pain in one area of your body or all over. Each person feels pain differently, even if the reason for the pain is the same.

Pain might be acute or chronic. The type of pain is based on how long and how often you have pain. Acute pain starts suddenly and goes away when the cause is treated or healed. This pain lets you know that you may be injured or have a problem you need to take care of. Chronic pain lasts longer than three months or the time in which you should have healed.

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  1. Chronic Pain (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is chronic pain? Pain is a signal from your nervous system that something may be wrong. It is an unpleasant feeling, ... a problem you need to take care of. Chronic pain lasts longer than three months or the time ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/chronicpain.html - Health Topics
  2. Chronic pain - resources 
    ... following organizations are good resources for information on chronic pain: The American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) -- www.acpanow. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002164.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Low back pain - chronic 
    ... your waist, leads to pain. Many people with chronic back pain have arthritis. Or they may have extra wear ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007422.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Chronic Pain and Complementary Health Approaches From the National Institutes of Health (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)  
    Osteoarthritis/Treatments and Therapies ... Osteoarthritis ... Migraine/Treatments and Therapies ... Migraine ... Acupuncture/Learn More ... Acupuncture ... National Center for Complementary ...
    https://www.nccih.nih.gov/...health-approaches-usefulness-and-safety - External Health Links
  5. Employees with Chronic Pain (Office of Disability Employment Policy)  
    Chronic Pain/Related Issues ... Chronic Pain ... A to Z: Chronic Pain ... Office of Disability Employment Policy
    https://askjan.org/disabilities/Chronic-Pain.cfm? - External Health Links
  6. Chronic Pain and PTSD: A Guide for Patients (National Center for PTSD)  
    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/Related Issues ... Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ... Chronic Pain/Related Issues ... Chronic Pain ... PTSD,medication,opioid,pain medication, ...
    https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand/related/chronic_pain.asp - External Health Links
  7. Managing your chronic back pain 
    Managing chronic back pain means finding ways to make your back pain tolerable so you can live your life. You may ... Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2019:chap 48. Lemmon R. Chronic low back pain. In: Rakel D, Minichiello VJ, ed. Integrative Medicine . ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000516.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Taking narcotics for back pain 
    Narcotics are strong medicines that are sometimes used to treat pain. They are also called opioids. You take them only when your pain ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000413.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (National Library of Medicine)  
    Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain condition. It causes intense pain, usually in the arms, hands, legs, or feet. It may happen after an injury, either to a nerve ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/complexregionalpainsyndrome.html - Health Topics
  10. 9 Things You Should Know About Chronic Pain and Complementary Health Approaches From the National Institutes of Health (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)  
    ... some complementary health approaches may help people manage chronic pain.
    https://www.nccih.nih.gov/...ain-and-complementary-health-approaches - External Health Links
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