A report on Pain
Distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.
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Pain management
8 linksPain management is an aspect of medicine and health care involving relief of pain (pain relief, analgesia, pain control) in various dimensions, from acute and simple to chronic and challenging.
Opioid
7 linksOpioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects.
Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects.
Opioids are effective for the treatment of acute pain (such as pain following surgery).
Analgesic
8 linksAn analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic, pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve relief from pain (that is, analgesia or pain management).
Cancer pain
4 linksPain in cancer may arise from a tumor compressing or infiltrating nearby body parts; from treatments and diagnostic procedures; or from skin, nerve and other changes caused by a hormone imbalance or immune response.
Pain in cancer may arise from a tumor compressing or infiltrating nearby body parts; from treatments and diagnostic procedures; or from skin, nerve and other changes caused by a hormone imbalance or immune response.
Pain is classed as acute (short term) or chronic (long term).
Morphine
4 linksPain medication of the opiate family that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin in poppies .
Pain medication of the opiate family that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin in poppies .
It can be taken for both acute pain and chronic pain and is frequently used for pain from myocardial infarction, kidney stones, and during labor.
Nociceptor
3 linksSensory neuron that responds to damaging or potentially damaging stimuli by sending "possible threat" signals to the spinal cord and the brain.
Sensory neuron that responds to damaging or potentially damaging stimuli by sending "possible threat" signals to the spinal cord and the brain.
Some intense stimuli trigger reflex withdrawal, certain autonomic responses, and pain.
Noxious stimulus
2 linksStimulus strong enough to threaten the body’s integrity .
Stimulus strong enough to threaten the body’s integrity .
The ability to perceive noxious stimuli is a prerequisite for nociception, which itself is a prerequisite for nociceptive pain.
Euthanasia
1 linksEuthanasia (from εὐθανασία 'good death': εὖ, eu 'well, good' + θάνατος, thanatos 'death') is the practice of intentionally ending life to relieve pain and suffering.
Rheumatoid arthritis
1 linksLong-term autoimmune disorder that primarily affects joints.
Long-term autoimmune disorder that primarily affects joints.
It typically results in warm, swollen, and painful joints.