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Facts about Scoliosis Pain A recent study found that 54% of adolescents with a curved spine reported pain symptoms (source). A 50-year follow-up of untreated adults with spinal curves found 61% reported mild to moderate chronic pain (source). It isn’t clear if the pain reported by patien...
Under the Medical Gaze: Facts and Fictions of Chronic Pain. Susan Greenhalgh. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. ix. 371 pp., tables, figures, notes, references, index.doi:10.1525/ae.2002.29.2.459JeanJacksonJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.American Ethnologist...
《Under the Medical Gaze:Facts and Fictions of Chronic Pain》作者:University of California Press,出版社:2001年5月,ISBN:。Thiscompellingaccountoftheauthor'sexperiencewithac
Over long periods of time, social isolation can increase the risk of avariety of health problems, including heart disease, depression, dementia, and even death. A 2015 meta-analysis determined that chronic social isolationincreases the risk of mortalityby 29%. ...
Most people with spinal cord injury experience chronic pain. Estimated annual global incidence is 40 to 80 cases per million population. Up to 90% of cases are due to traumatic causes, though the proportion of non-traumatic spinal cord injury appears to be growing. ...
to the liver capsule, resulting in right upper quadrant pain in the abdomen. It can also produce chronic pelvic pain, which can hamper daily routine. In men, PID can cause infection of epididymis, urethra and rectum. While these may not be severe, they can cause significant pain and ...
pain of osteoarthritis, inflammatoryarthritis, disc disease, and other problems. Because these stronger pain medications are known to cause chronic constipation, many physicians go ahead and treat the constipation at the same time the pain medications are prescribed -- before chronic constipation ...
In fact, in a survey of adults with a mood disorder, about half reported experiencing chronic pain, according to results published this year in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Depression can cause physical changes to the brain, too. Studies have shown that the quality and volume of white...
Napoleon died on May 5, 1821, at the age of 51, while in exile on St. Helena and the attending physician stated on his death certificate that hedied of stomach cancer. He had suffered chronic stomach pain and nausea toward the end of his life, but because Napoleon’s body was well...