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== What is Pain == | <div class="editorbox"> '''Original Editor '''- [[User:Rachael Lowe|Rachael Lowe]] '''Top Contributors''' - {{Special:Contributors/{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}</div>== What is Pain == | ||
A definition of pain, according to the subcommittee on taxonomy of the International Association for the Study of Pain and adapted in 1979, is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. It is usually subjective<ref>Merskey, H., 1991. The definition of pain. ''European psychiatry''.</ref>. | A definition of pain, according to the subcommittee on taxonomy of the International Association for the Study of Pain and adapted in 1979, is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. It is usually subjective<ref>Merskey, H., 1991. The definition of pain. ''European psychiatry''.</ref>. | ||
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Revision as of 07:55, 7 April 2019
Original Editor - Rachael Lowe Top Contributors - Lucinda hampton, Kim Jackson, Rachael Lowe, Jin Yoo, Sam A. Ayeni, Lauren Lopez and Karen Wilson
== What is Pain ==
A definition of pain, according to the subcommittee on taxonomy of the International Association for the Study of Pain and adapted in 1979, is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. It is usually subjective[1].
What Are Pain Medications[edit | edit source]
A pain medication is defined broadly as any medication that is indicated relieves pain. Many different pain medicines exist and each one has pros and cons. Certain pains respond better to some medicines than others. People also have a slightly different response to a pain reliever.[2]
- ↑ Merskey, H., 1991. The definition of pain. European psychiatry.
- ↑ Medline Plus. Pain relievers. Available from: https://medlineplus.gov/painrelievers.html (last accessed 7.4.2019)
