Question 1

what is a chronic pain?

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6 months: Pain that lasts more than 3-6 months.

Question 2

i live n chronic pain 24?

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Pain Management: Hello:

please make an appointment with a pain management specialist who can diagnose the cause of your pain and create a treatment plan to relieve or reduce the pain.

Best regards:

mark reed, dpm
www.Footpain.Org.

Question 3

how common is chronic pain?

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Very common: Chronic pain is more common than cancer, heart disease/stroke, and diabetes combined.  Over 80 million americans experience chronic pain.

Question 4

how can i treat chronic pain?

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IV Myer's: I have had great success with my patients with chronic pain using  a combination of IV nutritional support (myer's cocktail) along with msm 5 gm/ vit c 2 gm 3x/day. This anti-oxidant power house is great at relieving the oxidative stress that perpetuates the pain cycle, neuro feedback is also shown to help break the cycles of pain (www.Clearmindcenter.Com).

Question 5

can chronic pain can be cured?

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Depends on: The nature and the cause of the chronic pain.  For instance, if your chronic pain is from a bulging disk and you have that repaired, odds are pretty good that your chronic pain is "cured" or significantly relieved.  There r advances being made all the time in the treatment of chronic pain to help the pain w/o just knocking people out with narcotics. Try to fix the problem not just treat symptoms.

Question 6

how can chronic pain be treated?

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Treating cause,PT,+: You have to try to treat the cause, as there are many causes of chronic pain
physical therapy
emotional and psychiatric support
over the counter meds like tylenol
prescription meds like motrin, naprosyn, (naproxen) ultram and sometimes narcotics
muscle relaxants.

Question 7

how can you manage chronic pain?

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See a pain managemen: A pain management specialist can diagnose and treat chronic pain most effectivly.

Question 8

why do i suffer from chronic pain?

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Sigh...: Unfortunately, jag,  that is one of the great unanswered questions. We do know however that  without an intact pain system, people start to damaging themselves immediately. Without pain we do not know how to avoid damaging our bodies. People born without an intact pain system do not live long. We are not allowed to modify the pain system very much.

Question 9

best way to deal with chronic pain?

Accepted Answer

Many: Seek out a pain management specialist that focuses on comprehensive evaluation and management.  There are multiple options from biofeedback and counseling to physical therapy, medication, injections and surgery.  The best programs use multiple techniques.

Question 10

what are the tests for chronic pain?

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Chronic Conundrum: Chronic pain itself is unique to every individual and so no specific "test" can verify its absence or presence.  What is measureable and worthy of testing are the conditions that might precipitate chronic pain.  Findings on x-ray, ct, mri, blood work and by clinical examination are sufficient to make a pathological diagnosis, but whether these findings result in chronic pain depends on the person.

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