Health & = Fitness - Pain may be stressing brain

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Pain may be stressing brain

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Chronic pain keeps areas of the = brain=20 active and that may disrupt the brain's equilibrium, a U.S. study = suggested.=20

The study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, said the = brain's=20 state of equilibrium is disrupted when chronic pain causes the frontal = cortex --=20 linked to emotion -- to never "shut up."

"The areas that are = affected=20 fail to deactivate when they should" lead study author Dante Chialvo of = the=20 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine said in a statement. =

Being stuck on full throttle, causes neurons to keep firing, = Chialvo=20 said.

"We know when neurons fire too much they may change their=20 connections with other neurons and or even die because they can't = sustain high=20 activity for so long," he said.

Functional magnetic resonance = imaging=20 was used to scan the brains of people with chronic low back pain and the = brains=20 of healthy volunteers. The people with pain were, Chialvo said, "using = their=20 brain differently than the pain-free group."

Chialvo = hypothesized the=20 subsequent changes in brain wiring may make it harder for those with = chronic=20 pain to make a decision or be in a good mood to get up in the morning.=20

Pain may produce depression and other abnormalities, he said, = "because=20 it disturbs the balance of the brain as a whole." =

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02-14-2008 09:35

Kathy in TX = wrote:=20

Chronic Pain

I am 52 and have had chronic pain since I = was 30 (or=20 younger) due to three herniated discs in my lumbar spine. I was = suffering from=20 severe hip pain for years early, and diagnosed with chronic bursitis in = my hip.=20 YEARS later, I was told it most likely included my back. It did. So, = I've been=20 dealing with both, as well as chronic depression, and ADHD (which is = probably=20 just because of the pain and the neurotransmitters this article is = speaking of)=20 and my inability to focus when I should. I lost my job, due to a layoff, = and the=20 depression has really taken over. I'm having such a hard time keeping up = my=20 spirits enough to find another one, but I have to keep going. God Bless = EVERYONE=20 that is going through this. It is miserable!

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02-14-2008 02:38

C. L. W. = wrote:=20

Chronic Pain

I have suffered from chronic pain for the = last eight=20 years. It took the physician's 6 years to diagnose me with Fibromyalgia, = and I=20 was diagnosed with Osteoporosis 1 1/2 years ago. I recently had another = bone=20 density scan and my T-score in the Lumbar region in -5.4%. This is = EXTREMELY=20 high for a 45 year old woman. I live in pain each and every day of my = life, and=20 I worry that when I get older they won't be able to sufficiently = medicate me.=20
At least this study helps explain why i'm having such a hard time = thinking,=20 making decisions, and focusing. I'm going to print it out for my = physicians to=20 review.
Thank You!

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02-13-2008 11:28

Frane = Calabri wrote:=20

Pain May Be Stressing Brain

I hope this research will be the nucleus for = a cure.=20 It is very upsetting to have lower back pain and discover it is = incurable. My=20 heart goes out to all those younger than I am. At least I had a pain = free life=20 for 75 years, OTHERS DON'T SEEM TO GET IT unless it is too = late.

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02-13-2008 10:05

Megan Aue = wrote:=20

Chronic Pain

Don't I know it! I am a 23 year old woman = that lives=20 in chronic pain due to fibromayalgia. I will never get rid of this = disorder and=20 I live like this every day. It does get depressing sometimes because I = realize=20 this is here to stay. All I can do is keep going day by day because I = have two=20 small children to think about. This is made worse by the fact that I = have=20 chronic back pain from an accident and I have Bipolar disorder. So I = completely=20 understand about chronic pain making you depressed.

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