One in seven Australians experience chronic pain. There are various ways to cope with it, including methods that are only just being tried — and many we are yet to discover.
Paralympian Monique Murphy believes she's endured more pain in her 30 years than most endure in a lifetime. The cause stems from one mysterious night in 2014, just before her 20th birthday, when she recalls going downstairs at her university accommodation in Melbourne and then — nothing. Hours later — unbeknown to her — she fell from a fifth-floor balcony, was rushed to hospital and had her right leg amputated below the knee.
"Understanding the chemistry behind stinging plants and animals and what that does to our bodies is useful for understanding how pain works at a molecular level. Patient A might be experiencing pain through one pathway and patient B through a completely different pathway." Robinson says pain research is moving into selective therapeutics, the idea that one drug may work really well for one person or one type of pain but not for others.
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