What does chronic intractable pain mean?
Intractable pain refers to a type of pain that can’t be controlled with standard medical care. Intractable essentially means difficult to treat or manage. This type of pain isn’t curable, so the focus of treatment is to reduce your discomfort.
What qualifies as intractable pain?
When a health care practitioner certifies a patient for intractable pain, they are certifying the patient meets this definition, “pain whose cause cannot be removed and, according to generally accepted medical practice, the full range of pain management modalities appropriate for this patient has been used without …
What is the difference between fibromyalgia and chronic pain syndrome?
Chronic pain is typically defined as pain that lasts more than 12 weeks. Fibromyalgia on the other hand, is considered a chronic condition that causes widespread muscle pain and tenderness.
What are 5 diseases that could be the cause of chronic pain?
However, many cases of chronic pain are related to these conditions:
- Low back pain.
- Arthritis, especially osteoarthritis.
- Headache.
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Fibromyalgia.
- Shingles.
- Nerve damage (neuropathy)
Does chronic pain count as a disability?
The SSA does not consider chronic pain to be a disability, so there is no listing for it in the SSA’s Blue Book. Chronic pain, even if it is severe and disabling, does not qualify unless you can prove it is caused by a verifiable condition that lasts for at least 12 months.
What is an intractable disease?
Intractable diseases, literally derived from the Japanese word ‘nanbyo’, mainly refer to rare diseases that have resulted mostly from unidentifiable causes and/or lack of clearly established or curable treatments.
What is the new name for fibromyalgia?
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Is chronic pain Syndrome a neurological disorder?
Central pain syndrome is a neurological disorder caused by damage to the sensory pathways of the central nervous system (CNS). Common symptoms include pain (but also pruritus) and loss of sensation, usually in the face, arms and/or legs.
What does intractable pain mean?
Intractable pain, also known as Intractable Pain Disease or IP, is a severe, constant pain that is not curable by any known means and which causes a bed or house-bound state and early death if not adequately treated, usually with opioids and/or interventional procedures.
What is intractable pain?
Intractable pain refers to a type of pain that can’t be controlled with standard medical care. Intractable essentially means difficult to treat or manage. This type of pain isn’t curable, so the focus of treatment is to reduce your discomfort. The condition is also known as intractable pain disease, or IP.
What is intractable headache?
In summary, intractable headache is not a unique headache type. Typically it is an episodic (occasional) headache that for a variety of reasons spins out of control. The solution is to break down the headache into those things you can control (medications, life-style, triggers) and systematically work through the process of putting them in order.