A study indicates that by the mid-40s, more than two-fifths of the British population suffers from some sort of chronic pain.
Chronic or persistent pain is pain that persists despite medication or treatment for at least three months.
It can affect all ages and all body regions, including arthritis, back pain, headaches, and generalized muscle pain.
Now, scientists have revealed that persons in their forties who suffer from continuous pain are more likely to be dissatisfied, acquire depression, and be unemployed as they age.
Their findings also imply that chronic pain at the age of 44 is associated with extremely severe pain by the age of 51 and that patients will be more susceptible to viruses like Covid as they age.
The research, published in the journal Plos One, is based on the observations of almost 12,000 British individuals born in a single week in March 1958 and followed until the age of 62.
Professor Alex Bryson of the Social Research Institute at University College London stated, “Chronic pain is a significant problem impacting a large number of people.
Chronic pain is very persistent and is connected with poor mental health outcomes later in life, including depression, as well as contributing to poorer overall health and unemployment, according to a longitudinal study of a birth cohort.
We hope that our research will shine a light on this issue and its far-reaching effects and that politicians will take it more seriously.
By the mid-40s, 41 percent of participants in the Health Foundation-funded study reported experiencing chronic discomfort.
Those suffering from chronic pain at age 44 were also more likely to be unhappy by age 50 and depressed by age 55, according to the findings.
Chronic pain was related to an increased chance of Covid-19 infection in 2021, according to the report.
