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Pain And Portugal
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging Stimulus (physiology), stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sense, sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage." Pain motivates organisms to withdraw from damaging situations, to protect a damaged body part while it heals, and to avoid similar experiences in the future. Congenital insensitivity to pain may result in reduced life expectancy. 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. Pain is the most common reason for physician consultation in most developed countries. It is a major symptom in many medical conditions, and can interfere with a person's quality of life and general fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wrist Pain
file:Wrist pain.jpg, 300px, An illustration of wrist pain Wrist pain or open wrist is a syndrome inhibiting use of a hand due to pain in anatomical structures of the wrist. It most commonly results from an injury to a ligament. The pain may be sharp from a traumatic injury or from chronic repetitive wrist activities. Pain may be caused after exerting the wrist, as may occur during weight lifting, in any weight-bearing or athletic activity, manual labor, or from injury to Wrist#Structure, nerves, muscles, ligaments, tendons or bones of the wrist. Wrist pain may result from Nerve compression syndrome, nerve compression, tendonitis, osteoarthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome. Structure and etiology Wrist anatomy includes 20 individual ligaments attaching the eight carpal bones between the radius (bone), radius and ulna bones of the forearm and the metacarpal bones of the hand. Location and dynamic function of the wrist ligaments determine susceptibility to injury. Wrist structures prone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
