There’s some evidence that chronic pain can be hereditary. This means it’s caused by genes that you get through your parents and there’s a higher chance that you’ll have chronic pain at some point in your life.
One condition which might cause hereditary chronic pain is fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is often experienced as widespread body pain with other symptoms, such as tiredness and concentration problems. Having a close relative with fibromyalgia makes it more likely that you’ll have it and get chronic pain as a result.
There is less evidence for other chronic pain conditions being hereditary at the moment, but more research is being done by scientists to find out more.
