Cooler air cannot hold as much moisture so it is released, falling as rain. These mountain barriers create a rain shadow effect that protects the San Juan Islands from the 150 inches of rain that falls annually on the mountainsâ western slopes.
About 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, defined as pain that lasts longer than six months. Chronic pain can be mild or excruciating, episodic or continuous, merely inconvenient or totally incapacitating. With chronic pain, signals of pain remain active in the nervous system for months or even years.
:â¬For VA purposes, neuralgiaâ¬indicates a condition characterized by a dull and intermittent pain of typical distribution so as to identify. the nerve, whileâ¬neuritisâ¬is characterized by loss of reflexes, muscle atrophy, sensory disturbances and constant pain, at times excruciating. OMB Control No. 2900-0779.