Nerve pain in Australians
February 26, 2013
ONE in five Australians living with
nerve pain and their partners say
their relationship has suffered due
to their pain, according to the Pfizer
Nerve Pain and Relationships
Report.
Neuropathic pain, also known as
nerve pain, is pain arising from a
lesion or disease affecting the
somatosensory system, and is often
described as stabbing, electric
shock like, shooting, burning or
coldness, “pins and needles”,
numbness or itching.
Nerve pain can be caused by direct
damage to nerves due to an injury
or following an operation, or can be
a relatively common complication
of other medical conditions such as
shingles or diabetes.
The report coincides with the
listing of Lyrica (pregabalin) on the
PBS from Friday for the
management of neuropathic pain,
and was conducted and prepared
by IMS Health who carried out a
survey of 1,031 Australians, 539
were people with pain, 292 were
partners of people with pain and
201 were close family members of
people with pain.
The data was gathered between
13 and 26 November 2012.
According to the report findings
nearly half of sufferers said that
their pain contributed to the end of
a relationship (46%), while four in
ten admitted that their pain
prevents them from going out and
meeting new people.
In addition, seven in ten (69%)
people living with neuropathic pain
said that they suffer from sleep
problems or interrupted sleep,
whilst nearly a third (30%) of
respondents said that neuropathic
pain prevents intimacy between
partners.
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