Post-traumatic pain
This describes the type of pain that persists after an injury, and is usually identified with neuropathic pain, i.e. pain that is not due to the injury itself, but to the chronic irritation of a nerve or nerves, and that lasts after the patient’s injuries have healed. Modern neurosurgery can help in the […]
Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is defined as a pain that lasts over 3 months. It can be part of the symptoms of a disease, or it can be its main (or even the only) manifestation. According to one classification, pain can be either sensory, i.e. due to injury or chronic irritation of a tissue or […]
