90% of Irag and Afghanistan Veterans Return with Some Form of Pain

Majority of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans experience multi-symptom pain disorders 05/10/2010. Nine in 10 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans return with some form of pain and about 60 percent have significant pain, mainly from the cumulative effect of exposure to recurring blasts which cause unimaginable injuries, according to prominent VA pain clinicians speaking at the American Pain Society's annual scientific meeting. American Pain Society via The Medical News