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Pain Threshold - Articles
Pain Threshold
by
Maddy M.
Posted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 9:38pm
Once long ago, lost in the mists of time, I visited the dentist in England.
Was it ever thus?
I went along for a particularly nasty procedure, which involved serious anesthesia. The kindly dentist assured me that he would gradually increase the dosage and within 5 – 10 minutes I would feel nothing. Once I felt nothing, he would ...
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Pain thresholds
by
Stuart G.
Posted
Tue 30 Mar 2010 6:22am
Day shift: Four calls; two by ambulance; two by car.
Stats: 1 Chest pain; 1 Abdo pain; 1 Back pain; 1? # Humerus.
A late start and a 35 year-old man with chest pain in a Government building. He had no medical history and there was no family cardiac history but his pain was the ‘tightening band’ kind and it started when he was at rest - al ...
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Pain Threshold
by
suzette
Posted
Thu 11 Sep 2008 3:51pm
I think Isabel has a very high pain threshold.
She has very bad temper. Since she was an infant, within just a few days old, she’s already demonstrated her temper by pulling her hair and scratching her face when she’s in anger.
When I said she pulled her hair, she really pulled them off her head — bunches of hair being pulled off. And w ...
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Does Borderline Personality Disorder Affect Pain Sensitivity?
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Dr. Romeo V.
Posted
Thu 02 Oct 2008 6:15pm
A research study published in the January 2008 issue of the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry compared pain sensitivity in patients with different psychiatric diagnoses under baseline and stress conditions. The study used a sample of 76 female subjects: 16 patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD), 16 patients with posttraumatic ...
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Depression intensifies pain
by
Dave W
Posted
Tue 22 Jun 2010 7:49am
Data presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Neurological Society indicates that depression alters the processing of pain impulses as well as the sensitivity to pain. New evidence of this relationship is being presented today by Italian experts in Berlin. The anatomical cause of this connection may be due to the fact that, in part, th ...
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PAIN, PAIN GO AWAY
by
rlee8235
Posted
Sun 14 Mar 2010 9:33pm
Finally!
A day without outrageous humidity. There was a slight breeze, sunshine and warm,moderate temperatures. It felt so good to turn my face to the sun. It's been a real long time since I've been able to feel the warmth.
Pain is a constant in my life and I'm fine with that. What I'm not fine with is the fetal posit ...
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Chronic Pain| Drinking Problems
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Dr. Jennifer C.
Posted
Sun 07 Dec 2008 6:02pm
Sunday, December 07, 2008
The intersection of pain and alcohol misuse by older adults has not been studied. This study involved older community-residing adults (n = 401) classified as problem and non-problem drinkers. At baseline and 3 years later they were asked to provide information about their pain, use of alcohol to manage pain, drinking ...
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Natural Health Remedies and Pain Tolerance
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Doris C.
Posted
Wed 31 Aug 2011 10:59pm
I’ve always been interest in natural health remedies for all areas, especially pain tolerance and arthritis pain relief. Pain tolerance is still the subject of much debate in scientific circles. There are many patients who claim that it is real and that they can actually demonstrate their ability to withstand pain. On the other hand, people wh ...
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