Acute Pain is the kind of pain most often associated with immediate injuries or illness conditions. It can eventually affect every aspect of a person's life.
All pain involves many factors, including physical, physiological, psychological, and social.
Acute pain involves most factors on the physical side, while chronic pain can include an increasing number of factors on the psychological and social side. The most common chronic pain problems involve the Musculoskeletal system, with back pain being at the top of the list. Other chronic pain problems can occur with the nervous system itself. Another significant area of chronic pain involves headaches . Most acute pain is alleviated by various medical treatments and is over in a reasonably short time period.