The agony that won't go away

Christine Doyle hears the plight of sufferers of chronic pain and examines possible new treatments

Sharp pain, such as that suffered when accidentally touching a hot oven, is acute and unbearable.

A speedy reaction is a basic survival instinct. Imagine the sensation lingering for months, even years, and you begin to have an idea of what people with chronic pain have to endure.

More than one in 10 people in Britain live with long-term pain, and many feel that their plight is largely unrecognised and under-treated. Despite the increasing number of pain clinics offering a mix of physical, psychological and complementary approaches, surveys suggest that only one in four patients sees a pain specialist.

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Submitted by Guest on 30 September 2004 - 2:37am.
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Anonymous:

FREAKS!!! Get a clue. You are all drug seekers. GOD!! You give pain a bad name.

11 Jul 2008 - 10:37pm
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Anonymous:

Obviously you've led a charmed life and have never suffered from dehabilitating pain on a daily basis. You've never been told that this is the way it will be for the rest of your life and there is nothing they can do. About then you decide it's time to commit suicide because not only does your doctors not understand, but neither does anyone else. Or maybe you are one of those people who will let you own child die because you don't trust doctors. Or maybe you are just an idiot.

15 Jul 2008 - 2:15am
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Anonymous:

to who ever wrote-"Freaks get a clue"-you must be one of those emergency room nurses who think they know every person that walks through the door. You don't know crap about pain, so why did you come to this web site. Go on with your life and enjoy it, some people can't even have joy in one day with out pain. So don't judge anything that you know nothing about.

16 Jul 2008 - 4:45am

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