IC Disease

I found a really good article on chronic pain titled Finding Effective Treatment for Your Chronic Pain.  Click on the article title to read it yourself - you will definitely want to.  What impressed me most about this article is that it is an unbiased article that does not make chronic pain patients feel as though their problems are not real.  It talks about the different causes of chronic pain, how chronic pain affects the brain and treatments. 

The article is featured on U.S. News & World Report website and board members of the American Pain Foundation were interviewed for the article.  Here is a brief excerpt:

Chronic pain encompasses a multitude of ills, from back pain, headaches, neck pain, and conditions like arthritis and fibromyalgia to pain that develops as a result of cancer treatment and lingers for months or even years. Low-back pain, migraines, and joint pain (particularly in the knees) are among the most common complaints, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Still, while it may have different origins, chronic pain “can be viewed as an illness in its own right because of its effect on function,” says Russell Portenoy, chairman of the department of pain medicine and palliative care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.

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