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Neel Amin, MD Tom Macek, MD
Board certified: Board certified:
Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
Pain Management Pain Management
Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
Pain Management Pain Management
Pain is an unpleasant sensation
in animals that is caused by actual or perceived injury to body
tissues and produces physical and emotional reactions. Presumably,
pain sensation has evolved to protect our bodies from harm by
causing us to perform certain actions and avoid others. Pain might
be called a protector, a predictor, or simply a hassle. In this
article, I will discuss some basic concepts of pain.
We all experience pain to greater or lesser degrees at
various points of our lives. It is said that pain is the most common reason
patients seek medical attention. But, each of us perceives a given pain stimulus in our own unique
manner. The intensity of the response to a pain stimulus is largely subjective,
meaning the severity of the pain can most accurately be defined by the person
with the pain, rather than by other observers.
Our individual pain perception can vary at different
times, even in response to the identical stimulus. For example, an athlete
during competition may not be able to feel the tissue injury of a cut or a
bruise until the competition has finished. We may feel more or less pain
depending on our mood, sleep pattern,
hunger, or activity.
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