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"Most children bounce back from pain after an injury or illness. But for one in
five – approximately 877,000 children in Australia – the pain continues.
Clinicians call this chronic or persistent pain, meaning pain that lasts longer
than three months. Chronic pain in children such as headaches or abdominal pain
may be caused by an injury or underlying condition (for example, arthritis).
But pain without a known cause is also common.
For a new report commissioned by Chronic Pain Australia, published on Sunday,
we surveyed 229 children, young people and families about their experiences of
living with chronic pain.
They told us chronic pain affects every aspect of their lives – from sport,
school and friendships, to parents’ ability to work. But it often remains
invisible."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
