It may start anywhere in the body when you have acute pain, but once it becomes a chronic pain syndrome it does become a brain disease, said Mayer.

当你感到剧烈疼痛它可能在身体的任何地方已经开始, 但是一旦成为慢性疼痛综合征它就成了一种大脑疾病, 梅耶尔说道。