These occur when there is an inflammation of the body’s muscular system. Myofascial pain is a term that refers to the muscles and to the cellophane-like membrane that covers the muscles. Such conditions are difficult to diagnose as there are no effective examinations or techniques to indicate their presence. The diagnosis is sometimes made only [...]
Patterns of pain behaviour are very self-destructive.Yet sometimes people discover that there are coincidental, secondary rewards for suffering, such as increased attention, decreased family responsibility and avoidance of sexual activity. Alternatively, the pain can be used to provide a convenient tool which can be used to manipulate others.The attraction of such games may be strong [...]
Bruce was riding his motor bike along the heavily treed banks of a river and failed to see a large tree branch which caught his shoulder. The immediate result was of a tearing pain at the base of his neck followed almost instantaneously by total paralysis of the affected arm. A moment later the motorcycle [...]
Many of the problems arising between doctors and patients appear from the perceived and common myths regarding chronic pain: It’s all in your head To some extent all pain is in your head. Because pain is a purely subjective experience — pain is what you say hurts! Just ignore that pain and it will go [...]
Helen had eczema as a baby and began to have asthma attacks when she was about six. These got a great deal worse when she was eight years old, and on close questioning the doctor discovered that her parents had recently built an aviary inside the conservatory that was attached to their house. Skin-prick tests [...]