If you have chronic pain, which lasts more than three months, it can negatively affect your daily activities, including social interactions and work. Chronic pain may also make you depressed, anxious, and sleep deprived. All these results from chronic pain may worsen your problem. If you have persistent pain, seek specialist treatment from Jay M. Shah MD, so that you do not suffer a decrease in the quality of your life, lost wages, low productivity, or the aggravation of your chronic problem.
One of the treatments your doctor may recommend for addressing your chronic pain is spinal cord stimulation. The treatment involves subjecting your spinal cord or backbone to controlled electrical signals, which disrupts the function of spinal nerves in transmitting pain signals to give you relief from chronic pain.
Below are the causes of chronic pain that spinal cord stimulation may help relieve.
Complex regional pain syndrome
Although it is a condition that many people do not understand well, complex regional pain syndrome will make you experience long-lasting, severe pain.
The condition often affects the leg or arm and may result from an injury, a heart attack, a stroke, or a surgical procedure.
Without early diagnosis and treatment of complex regional pain syndrome, you are at high risk of tightened muscles and deteriorated and weakened tissues.
Failed back surgery syndrome
Failed back surgery syndrome is lumbar spinal pain that persists or appears after surgical intervention.
If you have a failed back surgery syndrome, you will feel an aching and dull pain in the back and legs. Also, you may experience burning or sharp sensations in your extremities.
Diabetic neuropathy
That is a type of nerve damage that happens due to the destructive nature of diabetes. High blood glucose can destroy your nerves, especially in your legs and feet, and thus it becomes difficult for nerves to send chemical messengers throughout your body.
You can prevent or slow the destruction of your nerves because of diabetes by maintaining a healthy blood sugar range.
Back and neck pain
The Health Policy Institute of Georgetown University reports that more than 15 million American adults have long-lasting back pain.
Also, the Harvard Health Online publication estimates that 20% to 50% of Americans deal with neck pain yearly.
Peripheral neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy is a condition characterized by damage of nerves away from your spinal column and brain.
When your peripheral nerves are damaged, expect your feet and hands to feel tired, numb, and painful.
Damage to your peripheral nerves may also affect other body processes, particularly urination, and digestion.
Arachnoiditis
Arachnoiditis is a condition involving the inflammation or swelling of your arachnoid. The arachnoid is a fragile web-like structure underneath the dura. It is essential for protecting your brain.
You may have inflamed arachnoid because of chemical irritation or bacterial or viral infection.
Spinal cord stimulation may also help alleviate pain caused by other conditions, such as chronic chest pain, spinal cord damage, and multiple sclerosis.
Contact SamWell Institute for Pain Management today to schedule an appointment with a specialist in spinal cord stimulation and learn how it can help relieve chronic pain.
