Chronic pain: 1. A new disease?
Chronic pain continues to be perceived as a characterologic disorder rather than a serious, potentially fatal, medical disease. The general lack of understanding of how persistent pain becomes magnified and ingrained prevents many patients from receiving the level of care that they need to regain control of their lives and resume normal activities.
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University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, USA.
D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D020078:Neurogenic Inflammation / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D009619:Nociceptors / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology
D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate