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    Chronic Pain

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    Any pain that is experienced for more than 3 months is referred to as chronic pain. Chronic pain can either be continuous or episodic depending on the individual’s experience. According to the American Pain Society (2015) “nearly 50 million American adults have significant chronic pain or severe pain. Prevalence rate for females is 34.3% and for men it is 26.7%”. Each individual experiences chronic pain differently such as type‚ timing and location of pain. Pain may be described as dull‚ sharp‚ burning

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    Descartes vs. Hume

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    Rene Descartes‚ a rationalist‚ said that each person contains the criteria for truth and knowledge in them. Finding truth and knowledge comes from the individual themselves‚ not necessarily from God. Descartes also believed that reason is the same for every single person. Descartes believed that nothing could be true unless we as humans could perceive it. He also believed that you could break down things into smaller simpler parts. Descartes also believed that there was a relationship between

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    No Pain No Gain

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    No Pain No Gain The phrase “No pain; no gain.” First came to prominence circa 1982 when actress Jane Fonda started using the phrase in her aerobic workout videos to encourage the viewer to push past the soreness of the muscle so they could gain the result they desire. Although the “No pain; no gain” philosophy is most often associated with fitness‚ it has undeniably become largely used in life in general. Often in life‚ in order to get what we want‚ we have to do things that are not exactly to

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    Pain Poem

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    PAIN Innocent plumule out of the lonely seed‚ Illusion of darkness was seen‚ Things seen were absorbed‚ Sun‚ water‚ air what happened? Fell in a tunnel‚ Lights were not yet seen‚ Faith slowly became weak‚ Fallings‚ please stop! Dodge‚ defence and attack like a boxer‚ Easy start yet harder comes‚ Not a single blink of an eye‚ Be firm and don’t loosen up a single muscle! Fill with all bright colours‚ Four bright colours over one dark colour‚ Darkness was unseen yet brightness

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    Comparison of Descartes and Locke Philosophy on Innate Ideas Philosophers over the years have written and evaluated numerous topics in philosophy. Occasionally‚ these scholars concede to their ideas and sometimes disagree with each other’s thought. Two scholars had distinctive ideas about where innate ideas originate from and how we get these sorts of ideas. Notably‚ these two philosophers who had an opposing argument on where innate ideas originated from were Rene Descartes and John Locke. Descartes based

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    Pain In The Aeneid

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    Pain is present everywhere in the world‚ in all societies and cultures‚ and in every human’s life. It’s a broad topic that’s almost impossible to define due to the wide variety of effects it might have on someone. Everyone deals with different pains in a variety of ways‚ and some choose to ignore it altogether. All pain does have something in common though; reactions to it involve irrational behavior‚ whether it is just thinking in unreasonable ways‚ or actually doing something nonsensical. In Virgil’s

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    No Pain No Gain

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    Lance Sataraka Period 2 12-13-12 No Pain‚ No Gain No pain no gain How much of you have had to sacrifice your time or change your plans to go and do something else like go practice or work on something? What is pain? What is gain? In my family my mom‚ dad‚ and sister had to constantly had to sacrifice their time to get to their goal. It took them a lot of time‚ blood‚ and sweat to reach where they are right now. I am the only one in my family that hasn’t worked hard

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    Ncp Pain

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    RATIONALE | EVALUATION | Pain related to scoliosis as evidenced by a pain scale of 8/10.CUESSubjective: * “ masakit yung likod ko‚ iba sya sa pangangalay‚ basta sobrang masakit lalo na nung before ako iadmit dito sa hospital.” * “madalas kase sumasakit ang likod ko”.• patient was taking a bath when she noted a “pressure” pain at the lumbar area.Objective: * Client rates her health as 6 out of 10 because she feels weak caused by her condition. * 8/10 in severity of pain * Observed client position

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    Toothache Pain

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    either suddenly or over time‚ the inability to chew how we would like to‚ the accompanying pain with every mouth movement we make. Dental emergencies and dental issues get to all of us at one point or another. Luckily‚ we have professionals like the ones at Four Corners Dental Group Fairbanks in Fairbanks‚ AK‚ to help us take care of these uncomfortable dental situations. But what is there to know about toothache pain?—what causes it‚ what should you do about it‚ and when does it become an emergency? If

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    Pain In The Giver

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    Jonas gets to experience pain in his sled-ride memory. The sledge knocked in the hill and Jonas was jarred loose and thrown violently into the air. He fell with his leg twisted under him while he could hear the crack of his bone. His face scraped along sharp edges of ice when he lay shocked with fear. Then he felt the first wave of pain. It was like a hatchet lay lodged in his leg‚ cutting through each nerve with a hot blade. He tried to move but couldn’t because the pain grew. He screamed and turned

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