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==See also==
  
==See also==
 
*[[Aneasthesia (feeling)]]
  
*[[Aneasthesia (feeling)]]
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*[[Opioid-induced hyperalgesia]]
 
*[[Patient-controlled analgesia]]
  
*[[Patient-controlled analgesia]]
   

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Pain and nociception
Head and neck

Jaw and mouth (Odynophagia )  • Ear (otalgia, otitis media, otitis externa)  • Eye (glaucoma)
Head (headache, migraine, tension headache, cluster headache, cerebral aneurysm,
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Thorax

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Breast (perimenstrual, breast cancer)  • Chest (myocardial infarction, gastroesophageal reflux disease,
pancreatitis, hiatus hernia, aortic dissection, asymptomatic pulmonary embolism, Tietze's syndrome)
Shoulder (right side - cholecystitis)

Abdominal

Left and right upper quadrant (peptic ulcer disease, gastroenteritis, hepatitis, pancreatitis,
cholecystitis, atypical myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm,
asymptomatic gastric cancer)  • Left and right lower quadrant (appendicitis, ulcerative colitis,
Crohn's disease, ectopic pregnancy, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, diverticulitis,
urolithiasis, pyelonephritis, colorectal cancer)

Limbs

Arm (myocardial infarction, left arm)  • Leg (deep vein thrombosis,
peripheral artery occlusive disease, claudication, spinal disc herniation, sciatica)

Joints (arthralgia)

Small joints (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosis, gout, pseudogout  •
Large joints (osteoarthritis, septic arthritis, hemarthrosis, osteonecrosis)  •
Back joints (ankylosing spondylitis, inflammatory bowel disease)  • Other (psoriatic arthritis,
Reiter's syndrome)

Musculoskeletal

Delayed onset muscle soreness, myalgia, physical trauma

Other/unspecified

cold pressor test, congenital insensitivity to pain, dolorimeter,
HSAN (Type I, II congenital sensory neuropathy, III familial dysautonomia,
IV congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis,
V congenital insensitivity to pain with partial anhidrosis), neuralgia, pain asymbolia, pain disorder,
paroxysmal extreme pain disorder  • Allodynia, breakthrough pain, chronic pain, hyperalgesia,
hypoalgesia, hyperpathia, phantom pain, referred pain

Related concepts

Anterolateral system, gate control theory of pain, pain management (anesthesia, cordotomy),
pain scale, pain threshold, pain tolerance, posteromarginal nucleus, substance P, suffering, OPQRST

Analgesia is the reduction in pain brought about by chemical,electrical or psychological means (eg hypnosis)means


Naturally occuring analgesia

Psychological analgesia

Chemical analgesia

Electrical analgesia


See also

References

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