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Over
the course of their lives, most people experience a wide range
of pain sensations: an "aching" stomach, a "throbbing"
head pain, a "sharp" tooth pain, and a "burning"
sense of indigestion. Consequently, when people go to a doctor
because of pain they are able to draw upon these experiences in
describing the pain.
Question
4.1
If one were to systematically
examine the words used by patients to describe the pain from different
conditions, would one find any special relationships between the
descriptors and the conditions?
Question
4.2
If you questioned patients
with cardiopulmonary disorders about the quality of their breathing
discomfort, would they describe the quality of the discomfort as
readily as they would the pain involved with the disorder?
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