Chronic pain is defined as pain that has lasted longer than three to six months, though some theorists and researchers have placed the transition from acute to chronic pain at 12 months. Others apply acute to pain that lasts less than 30 days, chronic to pain of more than six months duration, and subacute to pain that lasts from one to six months....
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(from the article `therapeutics`) Acute pain serves a useful function as a protective mechanism that leads to the removal of the source of the pain, whether it be localized injury or ... ...a bone or touching a hot surface. During acute pain an immediate, intense feeling of short duration, sometimes described as a sharp, pricking ... ...
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Pain that can range from mild to severe, and persists or progresses over a long period of time.
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Pain (an unpleasant sense of discomfort) that persists or progresses over a long period of time. In
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Our Chronic pain Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Chronic pain Chronic pain: Pain (an unpleasant sense of discomfort) that persists or progresses over a long period of time. In contrast to acute pain that arises suddenly in response to a specific injury and is usually treatable, chronic pain persists over...
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Chronic pain is any pain that lasts for more than three months. The pain can become progressively worse and reoccur intermittently, outlasting the usual healing process. After injured tissue heals, pain is expected to stop once the underlying cause is treated, according to conventional ideas of pain. However, chronic pain can persist after injuries...
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Pain that occurs repeatedly over several months, occurs for more than one month after a healed injury, or is associated with a lesion which is not expected to heal.
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