How does persistent pain effect a person's immune system?

Subject: How does persistent pain effect a person's immune system?

Date: Sun Sep 5 17:45:02 1999
Posted by Csilla Shipton
Grade level: grad (science) School: OU
City: Hamburg State/Province: No state entered. Country: Germany
Area of science: Neuroscience
ID: 936567902.Ns

Message:


Persistent pain causes severe stress. What effect is an unresolved stressor 
such as persistent pain likely to have on a person's immune system? Please, 
explain how this effect is mediated (by constructing a diagram).

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