[libribook.com] Traumatic Scar Tissue Management 1st Edition

Chemotaxis
Migration of inflammatory and reparative cells to the wound site.
Chronic/persistent pain
Pain that persists for more than 6 months, often years, and may or may not be
linked to a previous injury or body damage. Chronic pain is associated with
significant functional, structural and chemical changes in the brain – termed
sensitization, super or hypersensitization.
Chronic (pathophysiological) stress response
Occurs when stress stimulus exceeds our natural regulatory capacity and ability
to return to homeostasis, characterized by the prolonged and/or elevated
presence of stress hormones. The physical and psychological ramifications of
chronic stress presents a host of clinical problems and the chronic propagation of
stress response mechanisms have deleterious long-range effects.