Conditions that Cause Chronic Pain

There are various conditions responsible for causing pain over a long period of time. Following are the most common causes of chronic pain in the patients we see at our Atlanta pain clinic.

Surgery

Tissue damage and scar tissue are some of the leading causes of chronic pain after a surgery or operation. These both can come as a result of surgeries. Nerve damage and wound inflammation can also come as by-products. It isn’t the surgery itself that causes pain after the fact, it is these conditions that come as a result that can cause pain as time goes on.

Traumas

Trauma is another possible cause of chronic pain. It can include something like an accident in which the body sustains an injury. Trauma to the systems of the body can cause immense physical pain immediately, as well as pain that lingers over time.

Similar to chronic pain as a result of surgery, things like nerve damage and scar tissue also may occur with a trauma to the body.

Neurological damage may also occur as a result of head trauma. This can cause chronic pain known as psychogenic pain – a pain that isn’t caused by any physical damage, but that comes as a result of the mind interpreting pain and transmitting it to your body with seemingly no cause.

Cancer

Cancer is an extremely broad term, as there are many different types of cancer. Pain from cancer comes in many different forms. For example, back pain is known to be associated with lung cancer. Bone pain is another symptom that comes along with many forms of the disease. Many times, such as in the case of a mastectomy, there is nerve damage that causes pain long after the procedure. This is sometimes referred to as phantom limb pain.

Arthritis

People suffering from arthritis can experience pain acutely as well as chronically. Arthritis flaring up in the knees, for example, can cause intense acute pain but can also weaken the knee and prevent full range of movement for months or years after the flare-up. This prevention of movement and pain following the acute pain would be classified as chronic.

Brain Conditions

As we briefly touched upon in the trauma section, pain is not always caused by a physical injury or disability. Pain is known as psychogenic pain describes pains attributed to purely psychological factors. For example, patients sometimes claim that painful moments from their past can cause a flare-up or worsen physical pain.

Nerve Damage

Nerve damage can be caused by a variety of different things. Surgeries, traumas, and diseases can all cause nerve damage. Once nerves are damaged, they can go completely numb or cause intermittent pain symptoms. Treatment of nerve damage and chronic pain ranges from over the counter treatments to prescription medications and sometimes further procedures. Sometimes further procedures and pain management is required.

Chronic Pain Management in Atlanta

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