INTERESTING TIMES

BALNEOTHERAPY MUD AND CLIMATOTHERAPY AT THE DEAD SEA
lecture by Shaul Sukenik - Soroka University Medical Center and
Faculty of Health Sciences,
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva, Israel
( notes from recording of this presentation which was given in October 2008 )

Pain =
--a feeling of distress, suffering, or agony,
--an unpleasant sensation that can range from mild, localized discomfort to agony
--has physical and emotional components
--emotions have strong effects on physical perception
--algophobia = an irrational dread of pain
--depression etc strongly associated with inadequately treated pain
--also "pain" = painful uterine contraction occurring in childbirth.
--from the Latin "poena" meaning a fine, a penalty
--acute or nociceptive pain vs neuropathic pain
--nociceptive and neuropathic pain are caused by different neuro–physiological processes, and therefore tend to respond to different treatment modalities
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