¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University News - acute /channels/news_feeds/all/term/acute/rss en Discovery reveals blocking inflammation may lead to chronic pain /channels/channels/news/discovery-reveals-blocking-inflammation-may-lead-chronic-pain-339532 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Using anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids to relieve pain could increase the chances of developing chronic pain, according to researchers from ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ University and colleagues in Italy. Their research puts into question conventional practices used to alleviate pain. Normal recovery from a painful injury involves inflammation and blocking that inflammation with drugs could lead to harder-to-treat pain.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/inflammation-back-pain.jpg?itok=ANiype97" width="160" height="102" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 11 May 2022 18:31:31 +0000 webfull 180119 at /channels