Early treatment is believed to diminish the risk of developing serious nerve damage, or postherpetic neuralgia, and the long-lasting, often incapacitating pain it can cause.

A subgroup of patients may develop severe, long-lasting pain that does not respond to medical therapy.

Antidepressants, which are used to treat long-lasting (chronic) pain.

Intense, long-lasting abdominal pain that may radiate to the back and chest; the pain may be persistent or intermittent.

Chronic pain medication is for alleviating long-lasting, ongoing pain.

Without rest and treatment of Achilles tendinopathy, you may develop long-lasting (chronic) pain.

You can also use hydrotherapy to reduce or relieve sudden or long-lasting pain.

Severe and long-lasting pain.

This is thought to be caused by an overloading of the nervous system by extreme or long-lasting pain.

Some 48 million Americans suffer from long-lasting pain.