During a chronic pain relapse, the pain would be present partially or completely.
During a remission, however, the pain would subside and require little, if any, treatment.
Some remissions are exacerbated by additional injuries or other factors.
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Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS).
The relapses are often followed byremissionperiods, during which time symptoms improve.
Inflammation symptoms of RA can include fever, sweats, weight loss and fatigue.
Races most affected by this disease are African Americans and Asians.
When this happens recurrently, you may begin to distrust your body, a bad feeling.
In addition to feeling off-balance, these relapses and remissions can make you angryand for good reason.
These conditions don’t follow the rules and they don’t play fair.
The only thing that doesn’t appear to change is that change is inevitable.
This can be even harder if your symptoms have been in remission for some time.
It’s similar for people who have an initial diagnosis of cancer and later have a recurrence.
When you are first diagnosed you are often surrounded by family and friends.
In addition, a relapse is a slap-in-the-face reminder that you really do have a disease.
Have you ever caught yourself feeling anxious, wondering when the next “foot would drop?”
When you are coping with a relapse, you are focusing on getting through that stage of the process.
And, it is often those who have coped with relapses and remissions themselves who can best understand.
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