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Acute pain is sharp, sudden, and short-lived discomfort. It typically lasts only a brief time. Though it may not be serious, it could point to an underlying problem in some cases. Acute pain comes on ...

Most people think about pain as a simple cause-and-effect process. For example, if you touch a hot stove, you probably assume that the nerves in the skin feel how hot the stove is and signals are sent ...

Phantom pain refers to pain in a part of the body that is no longer present, such as an amputated limb or an organ that a surgeon has removed. To a person with phantom pain, it feels as though the ...

Today is Saturday, and I’m sitting at my kitchen table, looking outside at the beautiful white snow falling on top of the four inches of snow that fell in my yard last night. I have an ice pack ...

Doctors define nociceptive pain as the discomfort you feel in response to damage to your tissues. Most pain you experience is nociceptive pain, and it commonly affects your muscles, joints, and bones.

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Identifying the best medication for chronic pain depends on underlying causes and how severe your symptoms are. Pain is a complex combination of psychological, social, and biological factors. This ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pain that is a non-opioid and carries less risks of addiction than opioids. Journavx works ...

A herniated disk is one of the most common causes of lower back pain. Medications that can help include NSAIDs and prescription drugs such as corticosteroids. The American Academy of Orthopaedic ...