Children who experience adverse childhood events may have worse chronic pain symptoms

Children with chronic pain or rheumatic disease who experience adverse childhood events may be at a greater risk for worse symptoms and “functional disability,” according to data published in Pediatric Rheumatology.
Adverse childhood events (ACEs) include a wide array of traumatic experiences ranging from physical, sexual and mental abuse to chronic stressors such as neglect and parental mental illness, Maitry Sonagra, MPH, a research coordinator at the Center for Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and co-authors wrote.
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Children with chronic pain or rheumatic disease who experience adverse childhood events may be at a greater risk for worse symptoms and “functional disability,” according to data published in Pediatric Rheumatology.
Adverse childhood events (ACEs) include a wide array of traumatic experiences ranging from physical, sexual and mental abuse to chronic stressors such as neglect and parental mental illness, Maitry Sonagra, MPH, a research coordinator at the Center for Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and co-authors wrote.
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