Re: ScienceDaily: Chronic Pain Harms The Brain

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Very Interesting! Always like to see another possible answer to our

problems which may lead to solutions to them.

Jeanne in WI

> Kristy (sokokl@...) has sent you a link to the following page on

> ScienceDaily:

>

> Chronic Pain Harms The Brain

> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080205171755.htm

>

> People with unrelenting pain are often depressed, anxious and have

> difficulty making simple decisions. Researchers have identified a clue

> that may explain how suffering long-term pain could trigger these other

> pain-related symptoms. Researchers found that in people with chronic pain,

> a front region of the cortex associated with emotion fails to deactivate

> when it should. It's stuck on full throttle, wearing out neurons and

> altering their connections.