PSYC 3170 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Phantom Limb, Posterior Grey Column, Posterior Pituitary
20 Sep 2012
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Most middle aged people or older people experience chronic pain on a daily basis. No introduction to pain would be complete without consideration of its prevalence and cost. Many people who suffer from chronic feel have more than one chronic health conditions and use over the counter pain killers, tranquilizers and sleeping pills at rates 2 to 4 times higher than those without chronic pain. Chronic pain also interferes with people"s normal activity, which cannot carry out in response to pain. Significance of pain: pain hurts so it overwhelms other needs, but its significance goes beyond this disruption. Pain is critical to provide us feedback so we can do something about and see treatment, if there was no pain we would know there was something wrong and wont go to seek treatment for it. Minor pains happen to us all the time which we fix unconsciously such as rolling over sleep, shifting our posture etc.
