Pain
Pain is your body telling you that you have hurt it. This is a good
thing, important when you are injured. It can also help diagnose
problems with your body. Sometimes pain continues long after it's
necessary. Amputees report phantom pain in the... More
Pain is your body telling you that you have hurt it. This is a good thing, important when you are injured. It can also help diagnose problems with your body. Sometimes pain continues long after it's necessary. Amputees report phantom pain in the legs or arms they no longer have.
There are different kinds of pain, and describing the type is useful in diagnosis: recurring, constant, steady, knife-like, radiating, sharp, dull. Medicines that dull pain are analgesics. Those that kill all feeling are anesthetics. Less
Recently Answered
- Q What are rebound headaches?
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If you take too much medication it can actually trigger more headaches. This kind of a headache is called a rebound headache. Fortunately, rebound headaches usually go away after the patient stops using the medicine. Using too much of the typical... More
Taking acute medications for migraine headaches too frequently can make your headaches more severe and more frequent. This worsening of headaches is called medication overuse or rebound headaches.Medication overuse or rebound headaches can develop if... More
Rebound headache is a type of chronic headache that can result from overuse of pain medicines. This is often a problem for people who have frequent, severe headaches. A rebound headache occurs once pain medicine has worn off, prompting a person... More
- Q What causes joint pain?
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Having healthy joints is the key to maintaining an active lifestyle. There are many potential causes of joint pain. The most common causes include: physical injuries such as sprains, fractures, or dislocations; arthritis; autoimmune diseases, such as... More
Joint pain can be caused by injuries and trauma, although the most common cause of joint pain appears to come from skeletal misalignment. Misalignment away from the skeleton's natural design causes chronic stress to the ligaments and tendons that attach... More
Joint pain is caused by inflammation or damage to the structures of a joint. The structures of a joint can be ligaments, cartilage, joint capsule, tendons or bone. For example, if you twist your knee while playing soccer, there is a high... More
- Q What’s the difference between chronic and acute pain?
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Chronic and acute pain can feel exactly the same; however, their presentation is individually different. Most pain practitioners define the difference between acute and chronic pain in chronological terms, i.e., a pain that lasts more than three to six... More
Chronic & acute pain differ most in regards to onset and duration. Some basic questions that may be asked by your health care provider to help differentiate between acute & chronic pain include: When did the pain begin? How long have you been... More
- Q What causes kneecap pain?
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As you bend and straighten your knee, the patella (kneecap) rides up and down a groove in the front of the femur called the trochlea. This movement of the patella within the trochlea is referred to as patellar tracking. The patella is covered by... More
- Q What can cause pain in my lower leg when I'm dancing?
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Pain in the lower leg while dancing could be caused by a few different things, such as shin splints or even stress fractures. Stress fractures are tiny hairline breaks in the lower leg bones. This can be caused by overuse or can be caused by an increase... More
- Q What is a pain rating scale?
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A pain scale is a way for people to measure their pain so that doctors can help plan how best to control it. Most pain scales use numbers from 0 to 10: 0 means no pain and 10 means the worst pain the person has ever known or felt.Use the list below to... More
A pain rating scale is a tool to quantify the patient’s subjective experience of pain. Pain is a subjective experience and the most reliable measure comes from the person’s self report of pain. In alert patients, the patient may be asked to... More
The pain scale is a system for determining your level of pain and whether or not it is being well controlled. There are different types of pain scales but the most commonly used one has a numerical rating scale. Here’s how it works. The... More
