Collocations withpain
These are words often used in combination withpain.
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abdominal pain
They also represented one normally relatively minor (cough and/or sore throat) and one, at least potentially, more serious condition (abdominal pain).
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acute pain
Analgesic drugs that are useful for treating acute pain are only partially effective for chronic pain.
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agonizing pain
And some natural evils, such as diseases, which cause prolonged agonizing pain and disability, are horrendous evils.
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chest pain
The treatment pathways for acute chest pain are clearly defined.
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chronic pain
These studies indicate that glutamate transporters might have different roles in acute and chronic pain conditions.
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considerable pain
Alternatively, chronic illness may result in considerable pain, as in the case of rheumatoid arthritis or severe breathlessness, as in the case of respiratory illness.
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constant pain
He thought that it was a source of constant pain for us.
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cry of pain
A cry of pain is among the universal distinctive cries of human neonates.
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emotional pain
They were also anxious about their reactions of anger and emotional pain to such treatment by others.
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excruciating pain
But the treatments rarely did more than relieve the symptoms temporarily and often added excruciating pain to the patient's existing debilities.
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extreme pain
Some people experience temporary and/or mild symptoms, whereas other patients suffer extreme pain or paralysis.
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facial pain
If facial pain expression were evolved, would it make a difference to the management of pain?
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immense pain
I knew that it would give immense pain.
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joint pain
In addition to diarrhoea, illness was characterized by abdominal pain (90 %), fever (87 %), nausea (77 %), joint pain (59 %) and vomiting (48 %).
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musculoskeletal pain
Direct and indirect costs of managing patients with musculoskeletal pain-challenge for health care.
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neuropathic pain
Damage to peripheral nerves following either trauma or disease has several consequences including the development of neuropathic pain.
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pain clinic
The actual practice of hypnosis as utilized in this pain clinic is described below.
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pelvic pain
Developing pelvic pain and disability were evaluated using a symptom questionnaire and each woman underwent standardised clinical examination on three occasions by the same clinician.
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persistent pain
In the course of repeated episodes of pain, or with persistent pain, unconditioned verbal, paraverbal, and motor responses come under the control of external contingencies.
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phantom pain
There is the coming to terms with the traumatic injury; there are psychological aspects, which sometimes get neglected; there is the phantom pain that has to be fought.
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physical pain
Whether self-inflicted or caused by others, physical pain was a way of affirming the boundaries of identity.
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postoperative pain
Clinically meaningful postoperative pain was assessed at follow-up interviews 2, 10, and 30 days after surgery.
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severe pain
It is a contingent moral truth that passing a given amount of electricity through a person's body causes them severe pain.
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sharp pain
This caused a momentary sharp pain and a rather longer-lasting mildly painful bruise.
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short-term pain
Advocates of market liberalization commonly worry that democracies will eschew economically rational policies because voters cannot tolerate short-term pain on the promise of long-term gain.
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terrible pain
He is, at last, all body: only intermittently conscious, in terrible pain, he exists only as a corpus to be fed, cooled, medicated, and soothed.
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unnecessary pain
Inspections by my veterinary staff of units where piglets are reared in batteries or cages have not revealed unnecessary pain or distress.
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