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Types of Chronic Pain
The most common types of chronic pain are back pain, headaches, and joint pain. While the list is short, there are a number of different kinds of pain related to each one and the frequency, severity and treatment of each kind of pain varies tremendously. Chronic pain can even vary from week to week in one person, depending on the person’s overall health, nutritional status, stress level and medication.
Common causes of chronic pain include cancer, arthritis, sprains and strains. The most common types of chronic pain include: headaches, backaches and joint pain.
Headaches
Chronic headaches, which account for 90% of all headaches can usually be divided into one of three groups, including migraines, tension headaches and cluster headaches. Other types of headaches include secondary headaches, which may be due a sinus infection, brain tumor or aneurism and cranial neuralgias, caused by inflammation of the nerves in the head or neck. For more information on headaches, contact the American Headache Society at http://www.achenet.org/.
Back Pain
Back pain is the most common type of pain condition see in primary care physican’s offices. At least 80 percent of adults will experience lower back pain in their lifetime, plus it accounts for about one fourth of all visits to primary care practices. Chronic back pain is typically divided into one of two types – pain due to an identifiable pain generator such as an injury, and chronic pain without an identifiable pain generator. For example, there was no obvious injury, or the injury has healed.
Joint Pain
Joint pain can be a symptom of injury, infection, or illness, often arthritis. Joint pain caused from arthritis is from one of two different forms. The first, Rheumatoid arthritis, is an autoimmune disorder that can affect people of any age, can causes stiffness and pain in the joints, as well as deformities of the affected joint. Osteoarthritis is more common and generally only affect older adults. It involves the growth of bone spurs and the degeneration of joint cartilage. Inflammation of the bursae, or bursitis can also cause joint pain. Bursae are fluid-filled sacs designed to cushion and pad bony prominences, which allow tendons and muscles to move freely over the bone.
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