Name: The mystery of chronic pain
Uploaded: 2011-05-18T14:23:00Z
Duration: 7 min 57 s
Description: We think of pain as a symptom, but there are cases where the nervous system develops feedback loops and pain becomes a terrifying disease in itself. Starting with the story of a girl whose sprained wrist turned into a nightmare, Elliot Krane talks about the complex mystery of chronic pain, and reviews the facts we're just learning about how it works and how to treat it.

We think of pain as a symptom, but there are cases where the nervous system develops feedback loops and pain becomes a terrifying disease in itself. Starting with the story of a girl whose sprained wrist turned into a nightmare, Elliot Krane talks about the complex mystery of chronic pain, and reviews the facts we're just learning about how it works and how to treat it.

Elliot Krane: The mystery of chronic pain

The mystery of chronic pain

Innovative treatments for chronic pain aim beyond symptoms, targeting the neural miswiring to restore sensation normalcy.

The future of pain management lies in disease-modifying drugs, offering hope to untangle the complex web of chronic pain.

Chronic pain, once a mere symptom, can evolve into a disease, altering neural pathways and distorting sensory perception.