Chronic pain - The invisible disease? Not anymore!

摘要

In this issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Pain, in the article "New objective findings after whiplash injuries: High blood flow in painful cervical soft tissue: An ultrasound pilot study"Hatem Kalawy and co-workers [1] describe an objective finding in localized sites where the patients experience pain. In patients suffering from chronic neck-pain following whiplash associated disorder (WAD), all regions identified by the patients as painful and tender corresponded to areas showing increased high blood flow, documented by gray scale ultrasound and colour Doppler examinations. The findings raise the possibility that chronic neck pain in WAD is related to the areas with high blood flow.