Types of Chronic Pain

Chronic pain can be caused by a number of diseases, injuries, and conditions. Understanding the different classifications and symptoms can allow you to take an active role in your care.
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Signs You Might Have Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
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Could Pudendal Neuralgia Be the Cause of Your Chronic Pelvic Pain?
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Learn About Pelvic Nerve Pain Caused by Genitofemoral Neuropathy
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How to Know If Your Symptoms Indicate Phantom Limb Pain
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How Nociceptive Pain Is Treated by Phase and Cause
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Constantly in Pain? Here's How to Deal With Your Chronic Headaches
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Learn Why Pelvic Pain and Joint Instability During Pregnancy Occurs
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Idiopathic Pain Is Well Known Even If Its Cause Isn't
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Reasons You Might Have Chronic Pelvic Pain
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Learn If Your Pelvic Pain Is Due to Uterine Fibroids
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What Nociceptors Are and What Their Relationship Is to Pain
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Do You Know What Central Pain Syndrome Is?

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