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Misconceptions About Pain – Grinning and Bearing It!

Doctors differ in how they deal with pain. Older ones – of the family doctor variety who have a lot of experience in treating a variety of non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses – often dismiss pain with a hearty, “You’ll feel better soon.” Younger specialists, who have to fight much harder to earn their livelihoods and [...]

Controlling Cancer Pain

The Pain caused by cancer usually falls into one of two categories: Nociceptive Pain and Neuropathic Pain. Nociceptive pain is caused by damage to tissue. It is usually described as sharp, aching, or throbbing pain. It is often due to tumours or cancer cells that are growing larger and crowding body parts near the cancer [...]

Management and Treatment of Chronic Pain Syndrome

This is not only true for chronic soft tissue type pain but also is reported in conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (20). Examples of chronic nociceptive pain include pain from cancer or arthritis. This phenomenon, allodynia, is common in chronic degenerative arthritis, low back pain, and severe irritable bowel syndrome and interstitial cystitis. Common types [...]

A Comparison of the Thermal and Pressure Pain Thresholds of Arab and Western European Healthy Male Subjects

Abstract:Background and objective: Pain is a universal, personal and subjective experience. Many factors are involved in the interpretation of this unpleasant sensation, including past experience, ethnicity and culture. Understanding these factors plays an important role in a comprehensive and multidimensional approach to the assessment and management of acute and chronic pain. The aim    .. [...]

cancer pain management

Understanding cancer pain Dr (Maj) Pankaj N Surange Introduction When you or a loved one receives a diagnosis of cancer, it isn’t long before you begin to think of the pain many people associate with cancer. It can be a frightening time. What will the pain be like? What will it do to our lives? [...]

Diet Pill – It Doesn’t Have to be a Painful Process

Diet Pill by far is still the favorite tools of many dieters in order to lose weight without having to worry about meal plans or daily exercise. It is not come without price though; there are many reports of its drawbacks and very few medical communities dare to recommend it, but of course for a [...]

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