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Prepare a short “lecture” of not longer than 5 minutes (200 words), explaining to a patient what pain is, its possible causes, why different people experience pain differently and what the generally important principles of pain management and referral involve. The videos above will also be of value to complete this assignment. 

 

Pain is an uncomfortable sensation, It is entirely based on subjective sensory and emotional experience, meaning that for one person it will hurt a lot more than for another person. Pain is usually associated with potential or actual tissue damagE

Each individual experiences pain in a different way and the pain can be severe on one person and less severe on the next one .

Pain is subjective therefor the pain experienced by one person in note equal that which another person may feel. 

Pain varies from acute pain to Chronic pain.

Acute pain happens in the skin bone, joint ,muscle, connective tissues or it may also take place in the visceral : internal organs; e.g large intestine and pancreas. 

whilst during Chronic pain it may take place via the functional which is the fibromyalgia,Ibs, tension type headache or pain can be seen in the Neuropathic where the nerve is damaged also during post neuralgia and diabetic neuropathy.