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Article: Patient: 'Doctor, What's Causing My Pain?' Doctor: 'Any One, Or Combination, Or Mechanisms...Let Me Explain'

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June 7, 2007
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Pain, as a concept and symptom, is discussed and described throughout professional and lay medical literature. "Pain" is the reason for initial contact with any physician for the vast majority of medical problems, e.g. abdominal pain, chest pain, limb pain, low back pain, etc. Understanding pain mechanisms, however, is often hampered by the complex neural interconnections involved in pain. Any one, or combination, of the following mechanisms can contribute to pain: neural "sensor" stimulation, neural "wire" misfiring, and "perceptron" dysfunction.

The general public often righteously complains about the lack of recognition and help for their pain and discomfort - aside from direct treatment ...

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