Terry has been struggling with a nerve pain in his leg and was forced to sit out Sunday's shock 3-0 home defeat by Sunderland.
He will also miss England's friendly with France and does not expect to be involved in Chelsea's weekend Premier League game against Birmingham City.
The centre-half admits the long-standing problem has worsened in recent weeks and he plans to visit a specialist in the hope of finding a cure.
"I have been struggling with a nerve pain coming from the top of my leg down to my hamstring and to the outside of my calf," Terry told the Daily Mail.
"It started towards the end of last season, but with Chelsea being in the mix until the day of the FA Cup final, I didn't have the chance to rest or pull out of games. Then I went straight to the World Cup with England.
"I had three weeks' rest after that and thought I would come back without it, but since then it has got worse and worse.
"It has been manageable up until the last two weeks, but when we played Fulham I stretched to win the ball against Clint Dempsey and it got a lot worse.
"It is at a point where I can't carry on with it. I used to be able to make it through games because the adrenaline gets going and you blank the pain out, but now there really is no decision to make.
"After games I am in agony and not sleeping at all. I used to play with pain at seven out of 10. Now? It's 10 out of 10. I need to take a few weeks' rest, see a couple of specialists and solve the problem."
An epidural treatment last week failed to improve the situation and the Chelsea stalwart is unsure when he will be ready to return to action.
He added: "The epidural could have helped with the pain for between six weeks and two years. They said it works on 75 per cent of cases, but unfortunately I am in the other 25 per cent.
"Basically, I am trying whatever is suggested. I'm at my wits' end.
"I know I won't play on Saturday against Birmingham City, but beyond that there are no clues. It could be weeks, it could be months."
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