dr. Lisa Silvani Pain is something that is considered normal because we often experience it a day – a day. Pain itself is not a disease but a symptom or sign of a disturbance and a problem in our health. And because pain functions as a marker of disease, the presence of pain should not be as well ignored just because it’s happen on daily basis.
Pain is basically divided into two major parts namely acute pain and chronic pain. The two types of pain are different, starting from the thing that causes it, the journey or daily conditions experienced by the sufferer as well as the appropriate therapy. For more details, let’s look at both differences in the type of pain.
Acute pain is pain that occurs in a short time and generally lasts between 3-6 months. Acute pain can arise and go away and not always settle every day. This pain usually occurs because of damage to soft tissue that feels sharp and generally has moderate to severe intensity. Some of the causes of acute pain in the midst are injuries due to sharp objects, collisions, burns, surgery, delivery processes, dental care, and fractures.
Because acute pain is directly related to soft tissue damage, after the damage is resolved and healing, even pain will gradually disappear. Generally therapy is given to deal with acute pain in the form of painkillers and / or anti-inflammatory drugs
The maximum acute pain will not have a long-term impact because it is only related to injuries or trauma that occur. For this reason, the treatment of acute pain is quite simple and more intriguing to healing the tissue that experiences the pain.
Chronic pain is pain that occurs over a long period of time and generally lasts more than 6 months and can even settle for years. Chronic pain can occur due to trauma or injury or without any visible health problems. This pain generally feels blunt with mild to severe intensity.
The causes of chronic pain vary greatly. Chronic pain can occur due to injuries and trauma that begin as acute pain but last long after the wound and trauma heal. Chronic pain that occurs because of this is generally caused by pain receptor disorders in the brain that persist so that it continues to send pain signals without any stimulation of pain or real disorders. In addition, chronic pain can also occur without the presence of a visible cause. Pain such as knee pain in rheumatism, gastric pain, and head pain. Pain in the same area can be caused by different things. This is one of the factors that causes the difficulty of doing therapy for chronic pain.
In functional medicine, chronic pain is associated with basic disorders that occur in the body system as a whole. Because of the many factors to consider which include body microbiota, dysfunction in the immune system, disorders of the neurotransmitter system and so on. By linking these factors we will be able to see and look for the roots of actual chronic pain problems and carry out targeted therapy so that chronic pain can be properly addressed.
Having chronic pain is indeed very disturbing. Not only your health but also productivity and happiness will decrease if chronic pain stays unresolved. Using drugs and pain relievers in the long run is not the right choice because it can interfere with other body systems that can trigger further health problems. Recognize what causes your chronic pain so that pain no longer interferes with your daily activities.
