Chronic pain can disrupt sleep, commonly causing insomnia. It is important to learn how to manage chronic pain and the resultant insomnia and fatigue.
Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is a term often used to describe pain that lasts longer than 3 to 6 months and/or that does not resolve when tissue heals. Chronic pain from arthritis may be caused by conditions such as ankylosing spondylitis or osteoarthritis, an injury caused by or related to an arthritic condition, or something otherwise unidentifiable. Learn the differences between chronic and acute pain and tips for managing chronic arthritis pain in your day-to-day life.
When choosing an approach to treatment, doctors will first work to categorize a patient's pain as either acute or chronic.
Sleep medications can help chronic pain sufferers dealing with insomnia achieve short-term results while working toward long-term changes.
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Suffering and Chronic Pain
Not all who experience pain may consider themselves to be suffering, but it tends to be associated more with chronic than acute pain.
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Therapies for Treating Insomnia
After treating pain and other symptoms behind insomnia, the next step is to treat the insomnia directly. Cognitive behavioral therapy and/or medication may help.
Alleviate chronic pain with these four little-known natural pain relievers.