Types of pain

Ear ache

Ear pain is one of the most powerful types of pain known to a person.

Birth pain

Need I say that birth pain is the prerogative of women, men are only aware of them from pictures, videos or horror stories

Phantom pain in the arms and legs

Symptoms of phantom pains are very complex and painful. They were described by the doctor Pare in 1552. Since then, medicine has moved far ahead, but phantom pains are still not completely solved. Learn more about the causes of phantom pain.

Pain after deprivation of virginity

Defloration (Latin de - removal, elimination + flos, floris - flower, youth, virginity) - violation of the integrity of the hymen. As a rule, the deprivation of virginity takes place at the first sexual intercourse. In rare cases, the hymen can stretch out and remain whole after one or more sexual acts.

Pain in Guillain-Barre syndrome

Pain in Guillain-Barre syndrome (acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculo-neuropathy) develops in 89% of patients. Clinically, with this disease, there are 2 types of pain. The first type is aching pain in the back and legs, the severity of which correlates with muscle weakness. The pain can be localized in the gluteal region, along the front and back surfaces of the hips from 2 sides.

Pain in alcoholic polyneuropathy

According to modern data, alcoholic polyneuropathy is detected in 49-76% of persons suffering from alcoholism (half of these patients - at a subclinical level). The clinical picture is dominated by vegetative and sensory disorders (severe forms of the disease with paresis and paralysis are rarely observed at present).

Pain in diabetic polyneuropathy

Diabetic polyneuropathy is a frequent complication of diabetes mellitus. The most frequent variants of damage to the peripheral nervous system in diabetes mellitus are the distal symmetrical sensory and sensorimotor polyneuropathies. These same forms of polyneuropathy are often accompanied by pain syndrome.

Pain in spinal cord injuries

In 27-94% of patients with spinal trauma chronic moderate or severe pain is noted. It is believed that in 30% of patients the pain by nature is predominantly central to the neuropathic. The reasons for the formation of a pain syndrome after a spinal cord injury are not fully understood. Neuropathic pain after spinal trauma is most often characterized by patients as "pinching", "tingling", "shooting", "exhausting", "pulling", "irritating", "burning", "shooting", "like electric shock".

Pain with syringomyelia

Syringomyelia is characterized by disorders of pain sensitivity leading to hypoesthesia and so-called painless burns. At the same time, pain syndrome with syringomyelia is noted in 50-90% of patients. The clinical characteristics of pain are very variable. Some patients complain of pain in the radicular nature in the hands, pain in the interblade area, sometimes in the back.

Pain in Multiple Sclerosis

Pain occurs in 56% of patients with multiple sclerosis, and in almost a third of cases they are neuropathic. In 87% of cases, the pain is localized in the lower limbs, in 31% - grasping hands.

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