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Can Chronic Pain Accelerate Chronic Kidney Disease? Is Pain a Disease Modifier Rather than a Symptom?

Paper C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

A discussion on whether chronic pain accelerates kidney disease. This paper discusses the link between- or without lupus nephritis, and how it affects kidney function.

Who did this work

Nebojša Brezić (NewYork–Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital) · Vladimir Prelević (University of Montenegro) · Aleksandar Sič (University of Belgrade) · Marko Baralić (University of Belgrade) · Nebojša Nick Knežević (University of Illinois Chicago)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-08-18
https://doi.org/10.3390/life16081354