RT Book, Section
A1 Boll, Jr, John N.
A1 Glick, Ronald M.
A2 South-Paul, Jeannette E.
A2 Matheny, Samuel C.
A2 Lewis, Evelyn L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1173718116
T1 Chronic Pain Management
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Family Medicine, 5e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134896
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1173718116
RD 2024/04/25
AB Pain  is  defined  by  the  International  Association  for  the  Study  of  Pain  as  “an  unpleasant  sensory  or  emotional  experience  associated  with  actual  or  potential  tissue  damage  or  described  in  terms  of  such  damage.”  This  emphasizes  that  the  pain  experience  is  multidimensional  and  may  include  sensory,  cognitive,  and  emotional  components.  Additionally,  it  allows  for  the  possibility,  as  in  chronic  pain  states,  that  overt  tissue  damage  may  no  longer  be  present.  Chronic  pain  is  pain  persisting  for  >3  months  or  beyond  the  time  of  normal  tissue  healing.  Many  of  the  secondary  problems  associated  with  chronic  pain,  such  as  deconditioning,  depression,  sleep  disturbance,  and  disability,  begin  within  the  first  few  months  of  the  onset  of  symptoms  of  pain.  Early  identification  and  treatment  are  essential  to  reduce  chronicity  and  prevent  further  disability.