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will call you back within one business day. Chronic means
ongoing. Pain is called “chronic” when it lasts over a long
period of time, at least three months. This includes pain that
you feel regularly, even if it comes and goes. Chronic pain may
be due to chronic stimulus. Or, it may be due to problems with
the body’s pain-control system. This can lead to a chronic pain
syndrome. An example of this is fibromyalgia. Read below to
learn more. Chronic pain may be from a chronic stimulus. This
means the cause of pain is not cured. The cause may be an
untreated injury or health problem. Examples of these are joint
degeneration (arthritis) and back injury. Other common causes
are nervous system damage (neuropathic pain) and headaches. With
this type of pain, both the pain and the condition that is
causing it must be treated. Sometimes no cause can be found for
the pain. This is called chronic pain syndrome. The pain may
occur because the brain can’t make