When you first
experience pain, it is a symptom
of illness or injury in the
part of your body that is having the pain. The sudden onset of pain is called acute pain. It gets your
attention and prompts you to take action to prevent further worsening of the
condition causing the pain. This could
be a simple action such as the reflex
that makes you jerk your hand off a hot
stove, or it could be more complex such as cooling, resting, or elevating an
injured ankle. Or the pain could
prompt you ...
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