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7 Things You Didn't Know About Pain

Written by Emily Lapkin and Medically Reviewed by Scott Pearlman, M.D.

1. Pain Is Big

Know plenty about pain? You might not have realized that statistically speaking pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined. In the U.S. there are 76.2 million people with chronic pain, 23.6 million people with diabetes, 23.3 million with coronary heart disease and stroke, and 11 million living with cancer.