We can only see the expression of this feeling but are often unable to translate the subjective perception to an objective measure. V. Acute pain - pain associated with acute disease or traumatic injury lasting only as long as the pathology is present. Chronic benign pain -pain which has lasted longer than 6 months that has failed to respond to the usual and standard treatments, that serves no biologic function. Anxiety, fear, and depression are associated with it. It can be mild, moderate, or severe.
Physical pain leads to anxiety, insomnia, hostility can be present, loneliness, and then depression.
Meds for chronic pain may include anxiety meds, possibly meds for sleep enhancement, meds for depression and meds for the actual pain. There are many barriers to getting proper pain med management. Physician bias is one of those barriers. We are more apt to give opioids to the patient dying of cancer pain than to the individual who may look normal but suffering from chronic benign pain. We may be more apt to classify these patients as having psychogenic pain and not want to prescribe the most appropriate pain meds.