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  2. Chronic pain - Wikipedia

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    The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines chronic pain as a general pain without biological value that sometimes continues even after the healing of the affected area; [8] [9] a type of pain that cannot be classified as acute pain [b] and lasts longer than expected to heal, or typically, pain that has been experienced on most days or daily for the past six months, is ...

  3. Pain - Wikipedia

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    [16]: 93 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. [17] A popular alternative definition of "chronic pain", involving no arbitrarily fixed duration, is "pain that extends beyond the expected period of healing". [15]

  4. Low back pain - Wikipedia

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    There is tentative evidence to support the use of heat therapy for acute and sub-chronic low back pain [69] but little evidence for the use of either heat or cold therapy in chronic pain. [70] Weak evidence suggests that back belts might decrease the number of missed workdays, but there is nothing to suggest that they help with the pain. [71]

  5. 14 Things That Might Be Causing Pain in Your Lower Left Abdomen

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    Lower left abdominal pain can have many causes, ranging from minor to serious, says Andrew Boxer, M.D., gastroenterologist of Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey. Common causes include ...

  6. Back pain - Wikipedia

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    Both acute and chronic back pain can be associated with psychological distress in the form of anxiety (worries, stress) or depression (sadness, discouragement). Psychological distress is a common reaction to the suffering aspects of acute back pain, even when symptoms are short-term and not medically serious. [33]

  7. Acute (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Acute on chronic: An acute exacerbation of a chronic condition. It is applied to a variety of conditions, including liver failure, [4] [5] subdural hematoma, [6] renal failure [7] respiratory failure, [8] [9] and bronchitis. Acute on chronic inflammation: A term sometimes used in pathology to describe a pattern of inflammation which is a ...

  8. List of chronic pain syndromes - Wikipedia

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    Explanatory model of chronic pain. Chronic pain is defined as reoccurring or persistent pain lasting more than 3 months. [1] The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as "An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage". [2]

  9. Myalgia - Wikipedia

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    Myalgia or muscle pain is a painful sensation evolving from muscle tissue. It is a symptom of many diseases . The most common cause of acute myalgia is the overuse of a muscle or group of muscles ; another likely cause is viral infection , especially when there has been no injury .