Chronic pain was originally defined
as pain that has lasted 6 months or longer. More recently
it has been defined as pain that persists longer than
the temporal course of natural healing, associated
with a particular type of injury or disease process.
The International Association for the Study of Pain
defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional
experience associated with actual or potential tissue
damage, or described in terms of such damage."
It is important to note that pain is subjective in
nature and is defined by the person experiencing it,
and the medical community's understanding of chronic
pain now includes the impact that the mind has in
processing and interpreting pain signals.
It is rare to completely achieve absolute and sustained
relief of pain. Thus, the clinical goal is pain management.
Pain management is often multidisciplinary in nature.
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