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What is chronic pain?

Pain can be described as either acute or chronic. Acute pain is generally the result of an injury, illness or surgery and usually eases after its initial onset. By three months, the body has had enough time to heal from most causes of acute pain. Any pain that lingers past this three-month healing time is described as chronic. It occurs as a result of the pain pathway becoming hypersensitive.

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Author: Jonathan Meddings BMedLabSc (Hons)
First answered: 13 Oct 2014
Last reviewed: 17 Oct 2018
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Category: Costochondritis

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