Welcome back to another edition of the Help My Hurt Blog Carnival.

I had a good response, unfortunately some had to be rejected because they weren’t even close to having anything to do with pain. But, no matter, because these other posts have some great information.
If you like this Living With Pain Blog Carnival, please pass it on to anyone who may be able to use the information.
And, here we go:

Alex Bo presents How to Stop a Toothache posted at Worldental – world dental treatment guide.

Axel presents Living With Physical Pain posted at axel g.

Tina Samuels presents Keeping a …read more

Let’s see, L is for lovers…
and it’s also for:
Lupus: Lupus is one of the autoimmune diseases and although it affects both men and women, many more women get it than men. If you click on the link above, you can read more about it and find some web sites that may be helpful.
Lumbar spinal stenosis: Back pain can be very debilitating and lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the back problems that can cause a lot of pain. It is the narrowing of the spinal canal and this narrowing compresses the spinal nerves, causing pain.
Lyme disease: Untreated Lyme disease can …read more

A survey was done in Germany, of over 8000 people, and researchers found that people who smoked complained more often about chronic back pain than non-smokers.
Although the reasons can’t be determined from this survey – for example, it could be that people smoke because of chronic pain – it is an interesting finding.
The researchers found that both smokers and those who used to smoke fell into the “more back pain” group. Those who smoked for more than 16 years had double the chance of having back pain, and even more for those who smoked more than 26 years, than …read more

Do you have back pain? Much of back pain is avoidable, but often we don’t know how – or we just don’t think about protecting our back. Unfortunately, once you’ve developed a problem with your back, it can develop very quickly into a chronic problem.
The Better Health Channel, from Australia, has this Back pain quiz you can take to see how much you know about back pain and back pain prevention. The feedback is given with each answer as you go through the quiz.
Another quiz, provided by Healthline, asks you how much you know about your back and causes of …read more