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 Understanding your condition
Symptoms
How Medical Foods can help
Patient Information
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Symptoms
The symptoms of chronic pain include:
- Pain that does not go away as expected after an illness or injury and can range from mild to severe from a variety of causes.
- Pain that is often described by patients as shooting, burning or aching.
- Discomfort, soreness, tightness, or stiffness, becoming worse or more intense with activity.
Chronic Pain can lead to other health related problems, such as:
- Fatigue, which can cause impatience and a loss of motivation, like a feeling of being worn out or exhausted.
- Withdrawal from activity and an increased need to rest.
- A weakened immune system, leading to frequent infections or illness.
- Depression, which is common and can make your pain worse.
- Other mood changes, such as hopelessness, fear, irritability, anxiety, and stress that many times leads to phsycho social related issues.
- Sleeplessness, often because during the night the pain keeps you awake or can wake you during sleep.
- Disability, which may include not being able to perform other daily activities such as going to the store, work, school or even caring for your familiy.
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