Pain

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli, such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting alcohol on a cut, and bumping the "funny bone". Because it is a complex, subjective phenomenon, defining pain has been a challenge. The International Association for the Study of Pain's widely used definition states: "Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage." In medical diagnosis, pain is a symptom.

Pain motivates the individual to withdraw from damaging situations, to protect a damaged body part while it heals, and to avoid similar experiences in the future. Most pain resolves once the noxious stimulus is removed and the body has healed, but it may persist despite removal of the stimulus and apparent healing of the body. Sometimes pain arises in the absence of any detectable stimulus, damage or disease. Simple pain medications are useful in 20% to 70% of cases.

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Echte Pijn

by: Osdorp Posse

Dit is voor de mensen die echte pijn kennen
en moeilijk aan het doodgewone leven kunnen wennen.
Dit is voor degene die weet wat echte pijn is,
voor wie het leven niet altijd even fijn is.
Dit is een moeilijke tekst om te schrijven,
maar ik moet een aantal zinnen uit m'n hoofd verdrijven.
Sommige mensen zijn nooit echt tevreden,
dat komt omdat ze nooit echt hebben geleden.
Maar ken jij wel die echte pijn,
dan is het nog moeilijker om gelukkig te zijn.
Maar ja, ons gesprek heeft mij diep geraakt,
mijn brein heeft weer eens overuren gemaakt.
En gekraakt, door wat je me hebt verteld,
ik blijf versteld van onnodig geweld.
En machtsmisbruik, leugens en incest,
en dreigementen en hoe in en in slecht
Mensen of eigenlijk monsters kunnen zijn,
pijn wordt in stand gehouden door pijn.
En iedereen maar zeggen hoe gek je bent,
ik denk dat niemand jou dan echt goed kent.
Want wat jij allemaal hebt meegemaakt,
had de meeste mensen echt gestoord gemaakt.
Je vecht wel dagelijks tegen die val in de put
maar je bent tenminste niet zo'n oppervlakkige trut.
Fok alle hulp en psychiaters,
zogenaamde vrienden en mooi-weer-praters.
Wat jij nodig hebt als het van binnen woelt,
is iemand die weet hoe jij je echt voelt.
Iemand waarmee je pas echt kan praten,
waarmee je bijna alles kan doen en laten.
Waarop je kan bouwen en vertrouwen,
zonder dat ze je ziel als een kaart openvouwen.
Want zo'n kaart moet je kunnen lezen,
en om hem te lezen dan moest je er wezen.
Daarom kunnen zij jou niet begrijpen
en vinden ze jou een opvliegende leipe.
Ze doen maar of hun de normalen zijn!
Ze doen maar of hun de normalen zijn!
Maar niemand van die domme oppervlakkig sukkels,
die weten de shit van echte pijn.
En ze hadden er ook nooit willen zijn.
En ze hadden er ook nooit willen zijn.
Dus noem voortaan je malle moer maar gek,
dus kom naar die hel en voel die pijn!
Ik zeg je dit, omdat je nu nog leeft,
dat er altijd iemand is die om je geeft.
Dus ga het asjeblieft niet weer proberen,
want alleen je vrienden zullen ervan leren.
Juist degene die jou zover hebben gebracht,
zullen zeggen zie je wel ik had het altijd al gedacht.
Dus laat iedereen maar zeggen dat je gek bent,
want er is altijd iemand die je echt kent.
Echte pijn is niet in woorden uit te drukken,
maar helaas kunnen te veel mensen hun woorden alleen in pijn uitdrukken,
word zelf niet een van hun.




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Just one in 10 lower back pain treatments are effective

AOL 19 Mar 2025
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Major study into chronic back pain reveals methods that actually give you relief | Daily ...

The Daily Mail 19 Mar 2025
The experts found that just one treatment for acute low back pain and five treatments for chronic – or long-term – back pain were ‘efficacious.' ... to some of these being effective for acute back pain.
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The Times of India 19 Mar 2025
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Two held for gangraping woman on pretext of healing

The Times of India 19 Mar 2025
Raipur ... The incident took place in July 2024 in Bagicha region, when the woman was suffering from acute abdomen pain and despite several treatment, the suffering persisted ... The woman was devastated to find that she was pregnant in the month of Aug ... .
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