The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.
Pain is not just a physical sensation. It is influenced by attitudes, beliefs, personality and social factors, and can affect emotional and mental wellbeing.
Although two people may have the same pain condition, their experience of living with pain can be vastly different—if you live with pain, you would already know this.
Understanding Pain
You know what it's like to feel pain. Its unpleasantness can take many forms, whether it's the smart of a burn, the daily ache of arthritis or a throbbing headache. What you might not be aware of is the science behind why you hurt.
Pain involves a complex interaction between specialized nerves, your spinal cord and your brain. Imagine a complicated traffic system, with on-ramps, different speeds, traffic lights, varying weather and road conditions, a traffic control center, an emergency response system, and more. And the vehicle you're in also makes a difference, because the experience of pain varies from one person to another.
Pain is both physical and emotional. It involves learning and memory. How you feel and react to pain depends on what's causing it, as well as many personal factors.
Acute Versus Chronic Pain
There are two major categories of pain. Pain can be short term (acute) or long term (chronic):
Acute pain is a severe or sudden pain that resolves within a certain amount of time. You might feel acute pain when you have an illness, injury or surgery.
Chronic pain is persistent, lasting for months or even longer. Chronic pain is considered a health condition in itself.
With acute pain, you typically know exactly where and why it hurts. Your elbow burns after a scrape or you feel pain at the site of a surgical incision. Acute pain is triggered by tissue damage. Its purpose is to alert you to injury and protect you from further harm.
With chronic pain, you might not know the reason for the pain. For example, an injury has healed, yet the pain remains — and might even become more intense. Chronic pain can also occur without any indication of an injury or illness.
The App contains high yield and tested home remedies about different kinds of pain that we experience in our day to day life. It also covers almost all parts of the body including;
# Head and Neck Pain (Headache, Migraine, Neck Pain and Stiffness etc)
# Nerve and Muscle Pain (Fibromyalgia, Neuropathy, Sciatica etc)
# Upper and Lower Limb Pains (Shoulder Pain, Knee & Leg Pain, Leg Cramps, Ankle
Sprain etc)
# Body/Trunk, Bone and Joint Pain (Stomach Ache, Back & Joint Pain, Arthritis and
Osteoarthritis etc)
And lots more
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