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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. 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]

  4. Chronic condition - Wikipedia

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    A chronic condition (also known as chronic disease or chronic illness) is a health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time. The term chronic is often applied when the course of the disease lasts for more than three months.

  5. Different Types of Pain, Explained - AOL

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    Acute pain and chronic pain are the two major pain "buckets." Chronic pain, which is more complex, includes several categories involving a variety of causes and treatments. Here are some of the ...

  6. Clinical descriptions of ME/CFS - Wikipedia

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    A new "empirical definition" of the CDC 1994 criteria was published in 2005. [25] A 2009 evaluation of the 2005 empirical definition compared 27 patients with a prior diagnosis of CFS with 37 patients diagnosed with a Major Depressive Disorder. The researchers reported that "38% of those with a diagnosis of a Major Depressive Disorder were ...

  7. Pain disorder - Wikipedia

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    Pain conditions are generally considered "acute" if they last less than six months, and "chronic" if they last six or more months. [4] The neurological or physiological basis for chronic pain disorders is currently unknown; they are not explained by, for example, clinically obtainable evidence of disease or of damage to the painful areas.

  8. CDC's new opioid guidelines are too little, too late for ...

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    CDC's guidelines for opioid prescriptions for people with chronic pain allow doctors more flexibility. Some worry the changes will take too long to help.

  9. 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]