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Standards for pain relief
Standards for the Relief of Acute Pain and Cancer Pain developed by the American Pain Society.
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Shooting pain
Pain that seems to travel like lightning from one place to another.
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Root pain
Cutaneous pain caused by disease of the sensory nerve roots. Pain that originates from injury to, compression of, or illness affecting the roots of a sensory nerve. This type of pain is experienced in the skin regions served by the impacted nerve roots.
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Rest pain
Pain due to ischemia that comes on when sitting or lying.
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Remittent pain
Pain with temporary abatements in severity; characteristic of neuralgia and colic.
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Radicular pain
Pain that radiates away from the spinal column through an extremity or the torso resulting from the compression or irritation of a spinal nerve root or large paraspinal nerve. It may be accompanied by numbness or tingling.
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Psychogenic pain
Pain having rhental, as opposed to organic, origin. Pain triggered by mental or emotional factors rather than a physical origin. Ongoing pain without a clear physical reason might stem from a psychological condition.
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Pseudomyelic pain
The false sensation of movement in a paralyzed limb or of no movement in a moving limb; not a true pain.
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Premonitory pain
Ineffective contractions of the uterus before the beginning of true labor.
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Precordial pain
Pain felt in the center of the chest (e.g., below the sternum) or in the left side of the chest.
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