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iacfsme.org

International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or iacfsme for short is a foundation dedicated to doing research on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. They are champions of everything that we also fight for, so send them some love, the same one that we are getting from you.

post-polio.org

post-polio.org is community backed website which has a lot of useful information about the Post Polio Syndrome. Their website has a neat “Education” category where you can find a lot of useful information about the Post Polio Syndrome and how it might affect you without you even noticing.

ngwrc.org

Even though ngwrc.org isn’t a website dedicated entirely to those who suffer from the Gulf War Syndrome, there are many resources available there that can help veterans find the right institution dedicated to helping Gulf War veterans, where they can seek help. Check them out if you are a veteran and not sure about your situation.

Recommended reading

1.Chronic Disorders and the Family

2. Aging and Chronic Disorders

3. Chained: Youth with Chronic Disorders

4. Managing Chronic Disorders

5. Nutritional Aspects and Clinical Management of Chronic Disorders and Diseases

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When does regular pain turn into chronic pain?

by Claire Flores June 29, 2019 No Comments

Hey there everybody. A question that we here at CSSA often get asked is what is the difference between pain, meaning regular pain, chronic pain, acute pain, and how do you know you’ve crossed from regular pain, I guess we’re gonna call it like that, and chronic pain. Regular pain is such a weird way to say it, but it’s basically the kind of pain that will go away, either on its own or through treatment. We aren’t trying to belittle other peoples troubles. We each of us have our own battles to fight.

When does regular pain turn into chronic pain?

Again, we have to say that we aren’t trying to diminish the problems that other people have with pain. We’d love nothing more than for the pain that CSSA members experience just goes away one day, but it isn’t doing that sadly. That’s the main difference between chronic pain, and the kind of pain most people experience in their everyday lives. Recently during my research on what constitutes chronic pain I came across an article that had a great chronic pain breakdown.

So what the article said is that for regular pain (oh God, not that phrasing again) too turn into chronic pain is for the pain to be persistent for a minimum of 12 weeks, or 3 months in other words. I have to say that I really agree with that statement and many people that I talked to who are members here at CSSA are also in agreement. It might have been a couple of weeks more or a couple of weeks less but at around 12 weeks most of us with chronic pain have started coming to a realization that the pain won’t be that easy to get rid off.

At around 3 months in of experiencing pain, without much help from the doctors in determining what the source of the pain is, that’s when you can start calling it chronic pain. Many people don’t do it though, they still have hope. Even us who have been dealing with pain for years without much help from the doctors, we still have hope, but the pain is still here with us.

That’s basically how you know that you have been dealing with chronic pain. Now there’s also acute pain, which is an entirely different thing. Acute pain is a short lived, meaning that it lasts for a short amount of time, but a pain that’s bad, short but a level 10 out of 10 on the scale. Whereas chronic pain will be lower in intensity, but more persistent. That’s about it for this explanation of what chronic pain is. Now you should know a bit more chronic pain. We here at CSSA really hope that you didn’t find any kind of similarities with your own situation in the explanation of chronic pain about. Mainly because it would mean that you are suffering from chronic pain. If you sadly did find out that you might be suffering from chronic pain, contact us, one of our chapters, we are here for you.

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State chapters

CSSA has chapter houses in almost every state all up and down the West coast and sporadically throughout the entire continental US. Get in touch with chapter house leaders to find out how you can join meetings and seek membership in the CSSA.

Patrick Simmons

Patrick is the chapter leader for the northwest United States. He currently resides in Oregon, but because of the nature of his work as a traveling salesmen, he spends more time on the road than at home. That makes him perfect for covering a lot of ground and helping cover a large swaths of land for the CSSA. You can get in touch with him by sending a message using the contact page.

Julia Ling

Julia runs our California chapter, but just like Patrick she basically covers the southwest US. California has the highest number of members, so Julia has her hands full with just the sunshine state alone. However she still manages to help out with Nevada and Arizona, where far fewer members exist. Still we are here for everyone and Julia is here for you if you are in the southwest US.

Justin Colbert

Justin works as a paramedic, and he has plenty of experience dealing with chronic pain syndromes. He lives in Nebraska and works in IT. Ever since he was little he was that kid who had asthma, bad posture, wore glasses, and as he was finishing high school he discovered that pain he normally felt isn’t something normal. That’s when he got interested in chronic pain syndrome. He is currently healthy and experiences minimum symptoms. Get in touch with him if you are in central US and you want to hear from him how he managed to overcome chronic pain syndrome. In his spare time Justin loves playing with tech, PCs, smartphones, gaming, video drones, the usual suspects. Justin loves life and he doesn’t think having chronic syndrome means the end.

Claire Flores

Hi there, my name is Claire Flores and I’m the head honcho on the website here and I’m also in charge of the east coast CSSA operations. Everything that you see posted on the website here goes through me. That means that should you come across something incorrect, it’s my fault, and you should yell at me. I also handle the day-to-day operations for the CSSA meetups all up and down the east coast. Get in touch with me if you want to join or come and visit one of our meetings.

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