A knot of pain was set like a malignant jewel in the core of his head —Truman Capote (Your letter was) like a bullet straight into my heart —Sholom Aleichem My back ached as if someone were holding a welding torch against my spine, turning the flame on and off at will —W. P. ...
The central part of these cells is located in the spine, and they send threadlike projections to every part of the body. Nociceptors are classified according to the stimulus that prompts them to transmit a pain signal. Thermoreceptive nociceptors are stimulated by temperatures that are potentially...
The belly button is located in the middle of the lower part of your abdomen, about 2-3 inches below your waist line. The only organs placed directly under the belly button are the abdominal wall muscles and the small intestine. In most infants, the belly button bulges out a bit (“outi...
I have had a slight to sometimes severe pain in my left shoulder for a while now...this morning I woke up and the fingers on the same side as that shoulder are tingling and have a slight loss of sensation. It's only my thumb index and middle finger...my ring and pinkie are not ...
I came to this forum hoping to find out if anyone had anything like what I had been experiencing myself. The first time it happened to me was 10 years ago, then three more time with in two years. It was horrible. The first time I got up in the middle of the night to go to the...
Historically, the word pain is a Middle English term, derived from Old French peine, from Latin poena, penalty, pain, from Greek poin, penalty, and is defined as: 1)An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder; ...
The meaning of PAIN is a localized or generalized unpleasant bodily sensation or complex of sensations that causes mild to severe physical discomfort and emotional distress and typically results from bodily disorder (such as injury or disease); also : th
The thoracic spine refers to the middle and upper back regions. It joins thecervical spine(neck), extending down about 5 inches past the bottom of the shoulder blades, where it connects to thelumbar spine(lower back). Made up of 12 vertebrae, the thoracic spine is designed for stability an...
The population prevalence of foot and ankle pain in middle and old age: a systematic review Pain, 152 (2011), pp. 2870-2880 View PDFView articleGoogle Scholar [5] E. Roddy, S. Muller, E. Thomas Onset and persistence of disabling foot pain in community-dwelling older adults over a 3-...
Cervical spondylosis in the daily life of patients, to avoid some of the factors that may lead to the occurrence of cervical spondylosis, when the symptoms have been pain when the cervical spine can choose pain relief patch can be relieved pain. Cervical spondylosis should pay attention to the...