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Physical pain is a part of life. We all experience it, whether a scrape on the knee or a broken bone, receptors in our bodies sent pain signals all the way from our extremities to our brains. Here you might ask and answer questions about unexplained pain, what it could mean, and what to do about it.

2,142 Questions

How do you vomit without pain?

Just try mixing milk with orange juice.......that's what I did and I ended up vomiting 10 minutes later.......but i don't see the need to throw up......it gives you a weird gagging feeling and your parents might think you will be sick a couple of days later when you want to do something cool......trust me DO NOT TRY IT

Can sea stars feel pain?

Highly unlikely. Sea stars don't have a central nervous system.

How can you check somebody's toe to see if it's broken?

it will be black and blue and a little swollen and hurts, there is little you can do except grin and bear it, it takes about three weeks to heal.

What is inside a nerve cell?

inside a nerve cell is a nucleus, a nucleolus (thats right in the centre) and polyrisomes. Rough ER and Smooth ER

What causes intense pain in fingers-not carpal tunnel syndrome?

If the pain is in your pinky and ring fingers, it could indicate a disk herniation in the cervical spine. Most people don't realize that the cervical (neck) nerves control our arms and fingers, and nerve compression there is felt in the arm and / or fingers.

If you've ever had a whiplash occurrence, you're more susceptible to this problem. The disks involved are usually the C5/6 or C6/7 disks. You might even feel some pain in your shoulder.

Getting it corrected cannot be overstated - without proper diagnosis and treatment, eventual paralysis can set in, or nerve damage as well.

The best person to see for this is a Neurosurgeon - they can easily tell if your problem is cervical disk related.

So you understand how easy it is for this to be misdiagnosed, my own cervical disks were severely damaged and the pain in my arm and fingers was excruciating. I was misdiagnosed by 5 doctors before a Neurosurgeon, without any tests, looked at me for about 5 seconds and knew what the problem was.

Is clonidine a pain killer?

Yes. It also serves other purposes and should be given only to patients whose symptoms and co-existing conditions match.

On some cases I use it on patients with severe pain caused for example by a dental cavity pending treatment or a throat infection (combined with the proper antibiotic and/or anti-inflammatory treatment) to relief pain for the first day.

What causes uterine region pain and cramping?

Many women experience this with a normal period. If it occurs outside of this time or is causing disruption to normal activities it may need to be investigated by a doctor. Endomentriosis is fairly common in women, it is a condition where the lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterus. It can cause cramps, heavy periods and pain outside of the time when a woman is menstruating.

Is foot pain common and what are the major causes?

Apparently foot pain is fairly common. The major causes are trauma which can be attributed to a wide range of causes: wearing too tight shoes or injury due to playing sports, or disease, such as diabetes.

Is there anything that can be done about stomach pains and cramping as a side effect of the depo?

I find taking a bath usually helps. You could also eat or drink something, though some things will upset your stomach instead of soothing the pain. Warm milk is usually soothing, but different things work for different people.

List of ICD-9 code leg pain from an old fracture?

You could use 729.5 for pain in a limb plus V67.4 which is for treatment of a healed fracture.

Excessive muscle aches due to dysthymia I have dysthymia and borderline personality disorder Why does my body ache?

Your dysthymia and muscle ache may not be associated, if so, I suggest you consult a neurologist. I have Focal Dystonia (writers cramp), one of four different types, no muscle aches, but none the less a neurologic disorder. Most M.S. patients experience muscle spasms intermittently, regardless of diagnosis, you may have a neurologic disorder associative to the aches and so called personality disorder???.

Was Donnie Wahlberg in house of pain video?

Yes....... Several times including at the 1:47 mark, the 2:26 mark, and the 3:01 mark.

Why does ear pain while take off and landing?

When a plane takes off the air pressure inside the plane will drop. Behind your ear drums there is pocket of air (think of your head as an inflated balloon). When the pressure outside your head gets lower than the pressure inside your ear drums will bulge outwards a little, which is painful. Moving your jaw about, chewing gum, yawning etc can help open up the canal between your ears and the back of your throat, which will equalize the pressure.

Landing is the same, but in reverse. The pressure inside will be lower, so the eardrums will bulge inwards. You can try pinching your nose and then trying to blow through it. This sould force some air in there and equalize the pressure.

What can cause neck pain?

Neck pain can be caused from a variety of conditions. If you sleep in the wrong position, it may make your neck sore and stiff. A herniated disc may also be to blame for any pain in the back of the neck.

Pain at left rib area?

There are a few reasons why a person may have pain on their left side between the ribs and the hip. It could be kidney stones or even an infection. A doctor is the only person who can diagnose this problem.

Why do you feel pains on your feet anytime you lie on your bed?

You might be suffering from bone spurs in your feet.Heel spur pain is often most intense after long periods of rest from being on your feet. Morning heel spur pain is often the most severe type of heel spur pain. The reason for this is: As you move during the day, the nerves surrounding the heel spur adjust around the spur so that the heel spur is not digging into them. After long periods of rest, such as when sleeping, the nerves relax back into their normal position. Thus, when you get out of bed in the morning, pain can become intense as you are putting weight on the heel for the first time causing the heel spur to be pushed into the sensitive nerves and tissues.

Why are pain receptors found in the epidermis?

The epidermis is the outer layer of the skin. Since it is the first in line to make contact with the external environment, it is important for it to sense danger or harm, and that is through pain.

Is sandhi sudha effective for joint pain?

Yes Sandhi Sudha Plus is effective for joints pain, But you must use This Sandhi Sudha Plus accordin to the instructions given to you.

What causes sharp shooting pain in your feet along with numbness in both feet and lower parts of your legs?

Lack of circulation. This can result from keeping your legs elevated above your heart for a long period of time, not moving for a long period of time, or certain diseases like diabetes.

What is wrong when pain is only located in the buttock and not the thigh area?

Pain in the buttock could be caused by many conditions. Most frequently this is a simple case of sacroiliac joint disfunction or hypertonic gluteal musculature. The fact that the pain does not travel into the thigh suggests that this is not a severe problem; usually the further the pain travels down the leg, the worse the underlying cause. Of course, based purely on a one sentence description, no one can be certain of the problem. Someone with pain as described above has two general options: 1) wait and see if it gets better, as it probably will over time 2) see a trained health care professional (eg: chiropractor) to get a diagnosis and see if the pain can be alleviated sooner than natural history will provide.

If the pain does not get better as soon as you would like, or gets worse over time, your best course of action would be to see a health care professional.

What is a mesenteric cyst?

These are cysts of the peritoneal area and often are in the mesentery and omentum near the small intestine. They are one of the rarest of abdominal tumors. They may originate in lymph glands, but can be different types of cysts with different causes, too. The most common initial symptom is lower abdominal pain, but often manifest also with vomiting and constipation. The symptoms may come on very suddenly. These can be very large before they are noticed or cause symptoms, often the "size of a child's head", but they can be both smaller or larger than that.

There are no medical conservative treatments and usually surgical treatment is the only option. 50-60% of children with mesenteric cysts require a portion of the bowel to be removed with the cyst to assure all tissue left is normal, but this is only needed in approximately one third of adult cases.

Surgical removal usually involves excision of the entire cyst, but sometimes that isn't possible due to the location or size of the tumor. With the prenatal ultrasounds being done, these can now be found while the fetus is still in the uterus, although no "in utero" surgical treatment can be given at this time. Surgery will usually be scheduled during early infancy to prevent potential complications such as intestinal obstruction.

They can recur after surgery, but infrequently. According to Medscape.com:

"Overall results in pediatric patients are favorable. The recurrence rate ranges from 0-13.6%, averaging about 6.1% in a series of 162 adults and children. Most recurrences occur in patients with retroperitoneal cysts or those who had only a partial excision. Essentially, no mortality is associated with mesenteric or omental cysts in children; only one pediatric death has been reported since 1950. In a series from Egleston Children's Hospital in Atlanta, no major postoperative complications, recurrences, or deaths occurred."

See below for a link to the full Medscape article.