Though chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is primarily associated with the respiratory symptoms that are its hallmark, the patients who struggle with the disease also experience significant amounts of chronic pain. A new study conducted by researchers in Pennsylvania and New Mexico estimates the degree of pain suffered by these patients to be close to that experienced by patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The research results will ...Saturday, 25 May 2013
COPD Is Associated With Significant and Persistent Pain: Study
Though chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is primarily associated with the respiratory symptoms that are its hallmark, the patients who struggle with the disease also experience significant amounts of chronic pain. A new study conducted by researchers in Pennsylvania and New Mexico estimates the degree of pain suffered by these patients to be close to that experienced by patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The research results will ...
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