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161. Chronic Pain - Home Treatment
     

     Learn what you can do to manage chronic pain.

162. Chronic Pain - Other Treatment
     

     Learn about other treatments to reduce chronic pain.

163. Chronic Pain - What Happens
     

     In some cases, chronic pain develops after an injury or illness. The pain continues even after you have recovered from the injury or illness. For example, many people who have had a limb amputated report feeling chronic pain in the missing limb.

164. Chronic Pain - Treatment Overview
     

     Treating chronic pain can be challenging. Often the reason for the pain is not clear, and it may take several types or combinations of treatments before you find relief.

165. Chronic Pain Syndrome - Topic Overview
     

     In some people with long-lasting pain,biochemical changes are triggered in the body,causing a different type of chronic pain (neuropathic pain) that doctors currently find difficult to diagnose and treat. Pain signals are somehow triggered by the nervous system and continue to fire for months or even years. (It is also possible that certain brain chemicals that suppress pain do not work ...

166. Pain Management Clinic - Topic Overview
     

     Chronic pain often requires both counseling and medical treatment,because it can have a wearing effect on both the body and the mind. At a pain management clinic,you can get multidisciplinary treatment from a team of specialists,including: Physiatrists. These medical doctors specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation. They often coordinate a chronic pain treatment team. ...

167. Pain Management - Following a Treatment Plan
     

     WebMD discusses how to successfully stick to a pain treatment plan and get the best pain relief possible.

168. Chronic Pain - Surgery
     

     Surgery is not often used to treat chronic pain. The decision to have surgery depends on your condition and the cause of your pain. Surgery is usually considered only after other treatments have failed, or if it is considered medically necessary.

169. Chronic Pain - Topic Overview
     

     This topic provides information on chronic pain that is caused by factors other than cancer.

170. Pain Management - Health Tools
     

     Health Tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health. Decision Points focus on key medical care decisions that are important to many health problems. Complementary medicine: Should I use complementary medicine? Actionsets are designed to help people take an active role in managing a health condition. Anxiety: Using positive thinking Cancer: Controlling cancer ...