Chronic Pain

Chronic pain can be described as ongoing or recurrent pain, lasting beyond the usual course of acute illness or injury or more than 3 to 6 months, and which adversely affects the individual's wellbeing. Chronic pain can exist as a condition in its own right, or as a component of other long-term conditions.

References:

1. International Association for the Study of Pain. Pain. http://www.iasp-pain.org/Education/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=1698#Pain. Accessed July 1, 2014.

2. DIPEx Charity. What is Chronic Pain. http://www.healthtalkonline.org/disability/Chronic_Pain/Topic/1376/. Accessed Feb. 2, 2013.

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