Different Types of Pain, Explained
Acute or chronic? Nerve or gut pain? Ways to relieve pain may vary.
By Lisa Esposito, Staff Writer Aug. 31, 2018, at 12:44 p.m.
Buckets of pain
What kind of pain do you have? Sorting out different types of pain can be helpful when considering how to relieve it. How long pain lasts, where it arises and how it feels are some of the ways pain is classified. Acute pain and chronic pain are the two major pain "buckets." Chronic pain, which is more complex, includes several categories involving a variety of causes and treatments. Here are some of the ways that people may experience pain.
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