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12/08/2013
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More than 60 million people in Brazil suffer from some type of chronic pain. The data is of the Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain (SBED) that eye reduction statistics, issued a warning to the seven most common mistakes in treating the problem.
While acute pain is usually mean that it is temporary. It may be a sign that something goes wrong in the body or is the result of trauma and injury. But if the pain is not treated well, there is the risk of getting it and become the chronic disease itself.
In this case, the problem manifests itself continuously or recurrent seizures, says clinical pain and acupuncture Marco Antonio Helio da Silva, president of the Association for the Study of Pain of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Aderj), regional SBED.
- The deal is mportant so any pain because it can become chronic quickly between three and six months - explains the doctor. - The longer a person takes to do the treatment, the disease is more serious and more will come bad consequences for health.
Work disability, loss of mood, social withdrawal and depression are the main damage caused by chronic pain. According to Silva, the problem affects people of all ages, being more frequent in the elderly, whose body structure is more fragile.
Women are most patients
Chronic pain can affect any part of the body. Therefore, therapies used are different in each case. Still, in general, the treatment is multidisciplinary, involving physicians, physical therapists and physical education teachers, and other specialists.
According to the clinical pain and acupuncturist Marco Antonio Helio Silva, women are the majority of patients with chronic pain, although science still does not know the exact reasons for this. The most common type of the disease is low back pain.
- It is estimated that 10% of the world population will be disabled because of back pain - says the president of Aderj.
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Source: Extra - online
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