Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Why ignoring your pain can be hazardous to your health....
This came out a year ago, but it is important information. Link courtesy of a fibromyalgia Facebook page:
Chilling Concept: Chronic Pain as a Brain Disease
I know it's trendy these days to label everything as a disease, but there is some real science to back this one up. I know for a fact that before I was sick, I had no brain deficits. But in 2008, an MRI showed damage to the frontal lobe of my brain, damage which was NOT present in scans done in 1998, 1999 and 2004. I honestly believe this is the cumulative result of having had chronic severe pain since 1997.
Chilling Concept: Chronic Pain as a Brain Disease
I know it's trendy these days to label everything as a disease, but there is some real science to back this one up. I know for a fact that before I was sick, I had no brain deficits. But in 2008, an MRI showed damage to the frontal lobe of my brain, damage which was NOT present in scans done in 1998, 1999 and 2004. I honestly believe this is the cumulative result of having had chronic severe pain since 1997.
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