Somatoform pain disorder

Somatoform pain disorder is also called psychogenic pain. Sometimes, chronic pain with unknown causes is collectively referred to as chronic pain syndrome. Mainly manifested as persistent pain in various parts, which makes patients feel pain or affect their social functions, but medical examination can not find any organic lesions in the pain part, and cannot be reasonably explained by physiological processes or physical disorders. Examinations did not reveal any persistent, severe pain symptoms with organic disease. Pain can occur in any part of the body, but typical pain areas are headache, atypical facial pain, low back pain and chronic pelvic pain; pain can be located on the body surface, deep tissues or internal organs; the nature can be vague dull pain, swelling Pain, soreness, or sharp pain. Clinical evidence shows that psychological factors or emotional conflicts play an important role in the occurrence, exacerbation, persistence and severity of this type of pain.

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