chronic pain
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchronicandpain
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chronic
adjective
uk/ˈkrɒn.ɪk/us/ˈkrɑː.nɪk/
(especially of a disease or something bad) continuing for a ...
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pain
noun[C or U]
uk/peɪn/us/peɪn/
a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury ...
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(Definition ofchronicandpainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These studies indicate that glutamate transporters might have different roles in acute andchronicpainconditions.
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Analgesic drugs that are useful for treating acute pain are only partially effective forchronicpain.
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The district nurses were also asked to state the reasons why the patients were havingchronicpain.
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Results showed that almost half (48.7%) of spouses reportedchronicpainthemselves and that pain in the spouse accounted for within-couple differences on psychological distress.
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Clinicians treating patients withchronicpainare recognizing its important role in bothchronicpain management and in the setting of palliative care and hospice.
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Explaining high rates of depression inchronicpain: a diathesis-stress framework.
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Overall, major depression increases the risk of developing futurechronicpainby a factor of 2-3 compared to non-depressed persons.
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Therefore, we explored a broader definition ofchronicpain.
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An alternative to the consequence hypothesis is the antecedent hypothesis which posits that major depression increases the risk of developingchronicpain.
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A deleterious influence of emotional and conceptual phenomena onchronicpainis well recognised.
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Accumulating evidence shows that persistent changes in spinal astrocytes in differentchronicpainconditions often outlast microglial changes.
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Management ofchronicpainis a real challenge, and current treatments that focus on blocking neurotransmission in the pain pathway have resulted in limited success.
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The relationship of locus of control to pain coping strategies and psychological distress inchronicpainpatients.
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Chronicpaincan often have long-term emotional consequences and can lead to psychological distress and major depression.
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As yet, there are no pharmacological therapies available for these transmitter systems, but they may have a role inchronicpain.
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She, therefore, and not the fetus, is morally responsible for the situation in which its continued presence in her body threatens her withchronicpain.
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The most important disciplines involved in the treatment ofchronicpainare represented in these centers, and they are familiar with a multidisciplinary approach.
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