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In order to quantify the pain associated with first trimester abortions and to analyze its influences, patient observations by doctors and attending counselors and patient interviews were conducted. Of the 2299 patients, 86% received 20 cc of lidocaine as paracervical anesthesia (14% received less) and 76% choose to receive 5 mg oral diazepam preoperatively (4% received 3-8 intravenously during the procedure). Patients compared their pain with other familiar types of pain. Doctors and counselors rated the pain during each of 8 specific stages of the abortion (examination, speculum insertion, tenaculum placement, administration of paracervical local anesthesia, uterine sounding, cervical dilatation, vacuum aspiration, and sharp curettage) as compared with the average pain they had observed. In addition, counselors rated the degree of apprehension with which the patient faced the procedure. These methods were analyzed on the basis of internal consistency among each group and agreement across the 3 sources and were found to be sufficiently dependable for the purpose at hand. The pain most often experienced was less severe than an earache or toothache, more severe than a menstrual pain or headache. Physicians and counselors agreed that vacuum aspiration is the most painful stage followed by dilatation and sharp curettage. Pain was positively associated with 1) age of 15 years or less, 2) with gestation of less than 7 weeks or more than 12 and with dilatation on a curvilnear basis, and 3) with patient fear. Despite expectations to the contrary, administration of 5 mg oral diazepam did not reduce pain.
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PMID:Pain of first-trimester abortion: its quantification and relations with other variables. 44 87

Couvade is the common but poorly understood phenomenon whereby the expectant father experiences somatic symptoms during the pregnancy for which there is no recognized physiological basis. Symptoms commonly include indigestion, increased or decreased appetite, weight gain, diarrhea or constipation, headache, and toothache. Onset is usually during the third gestational month with a secondary rise in the late third trimester. Symptoms generally resolve with childbirth. Couvade has been seen as an expression of somatized anxiety, pseudo-sibling rivalry, identification with the fetus, ambivalence about fatherhood, a statement of paternity, or parturition envy. It is likely that the dynamics of couvade may vary between individuals and may be multidetermined.
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PMID:Couvade syndrome: male counterpart to pregnancy. 206 58

Exercise-induced anaphylaxis (EIAn) is a distinct form of physical allergy. As one of the predisposing factors of EIAn, food intake is often cited, and such cases are classified as food-dependent EIAn. Another factor reported is the administration of drugs. Recently we had 3 patients with food-dependent EIAn who showed more severe symptoms when they took aspirin orally. None of them had shown symptoms when they took aspirin alone. Symptoms were provoked only when they took aspirin for common cold, headache or toothache followed by certain foods and exercise. Two out of the 3 patients had experienced food-dependent EIAn before. However, after taking aspirin, their anaphylactic symptoms were more severe with more slight degree of exercise. Results of exercise challenge by treadmill showed that exercise alone induced an increase in plasma histamine concentrations in 2 out of the 3 patients 5 to 15 minutes after the challenge. These data suggest the possibility that our patients have an increased histamine releasability from mast cells responding to exercise, and that aspirin intake might enhance the process.
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PMID:[3 cases of food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis in which aspirin intake exacerbated anaphylactic symptoms]. 209 5

The relative severeness of toothache and two non-dental symptoms (headache, stomach complaints) was judged by men and women (n = 47). Each symptom was specified for two frequencies of occurrence (from time to time and regular) and two levels of intensity (minor and heavy). The methods used were paired comparisons and direct ranking of the 12 (3 X 2 X 2) verbal stimuli. Subjects were highly consistent in their pairwise choices. Agreement between judges was also highly significant. The overall ordering of the severity of the stimuli showed a perfect correspondence between the two methods. 'Heavy regular headache', 'heavy regular stomach complaints', and 'heavy regular toothache' were the three symptoms judged most severe. Headache, stomach complaints and toothache, specified as low on frequency and intensity, were judged least severe. Log-linear model fitting showed that the influence of intensity on the preference of a symptom is independent of the frequency of occurrence, and vice versa.
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PMID:Severeness of toothache and other symptoms as a function of frequency of occurrence and intensity. 345 9

An open, multi-centre study in general practice was carried out in 1842 patients presenting with non-serious painful conditions to assess the effectiveness and tolerance of ibuprofen. Patients received daily doses ranging from 400 mg to 2400 mg for up to 1 month; most took between 1200 mg and 1600 mg per day for about 1 week. Assessments of pain severity on a visual analogue scale showed that 82% of patients with moderate to severe pain derived benefit from treatment, the analgesic effect of a dose often lasting up to 6 hours. The best response was seen in patients with dysmenorrhoea and dental pain, and although headache was less responsive than other painful conditions the overall rate of positive results for this diagnosis reached 75% in the opinion of both physicians and patients. Approximately 14% of patients reported side-effects, mostly gastro-intestinal with abdominal pain predominating.
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PMID:A multi-centre general practice study evaluating the efficacy and tolerance of ibuprofen in common painful conditions. 639 Apr 64

The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) was administered to 102 'toothache' patients to determine whether it was sufficiently sensitive to distinguish between dental patients whose pain was clinically diagnosed as originating from a reversibly inflamed tooth pulp (group I) and those whose pain was diagnosed as originating from an irreversibly inflamed or necrotic pulp (group II). Scores for Total Pain Rank Index (PRI(T)), Sensory Pain Rank Index (PRI(S)), Evaluative Pain Rank Index (PRI(E)), Miscellaneous Pain Rank Index (PRI(M)), and Number of Words Chosen (NWC) were significantly higher (p less than 0.05) for group II patients. The PRI differences between both groups were attributed mainly to the more frequent selection by group II patients of 8 of the 20 subclasses of words and/or of words with higher rank values within the 8 subclasses. A significantly greater degree of sleep disturbance, nausea, headache, drowsiness and/or dizziness was also found in group II patients. Discriminant analysis using the 20 subclasses and 4 supplementary questions related to sleep disturbance, changes in food intake or activity levels, and accompanying symptoms, indicated that the MPQ, when used alone, correctly predicted diagnosis and treatment outcome in 73% of patients. Therefore, our findings indicate that the MPQ can distinguish between the two types of toothache and suggest that, especially when used along with other standard diagnostic tests, it may be a useful clinical adjunct in the diagnosis of dental pain.
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PMID:Applicability of the McGill Pain Questionnaire to the differentiation of 'toothache' pain. 673 13

Several authors have asserted that psychological factors are the underlying cause of atypical odontalgia. However, objective evidence is lacking to support this claim. In this study, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory was used to assess psychological functioning of an atypical odontalgia population. Means of the standard scores for each Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scale were within normal ranges. Standard scores for atypical odontalgia profiles compared with standard scores for a chronic headache group (matched for age, sex, and chronicity) were similar and scales for both groups were within normal ranges. These findings fail to support psychological dysfunction as a primary condition associated with patients suffering from atypical odontalgia.
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PMID:Is atypical odontalgia a psychological problem? 810 92

The cause of atypical odontalgia has been related to many factors, including psychological ones. Animal experiments indicate that tooth pulp extirpation provokes a deafferentation, which may or may not induce pain, depending on unknown factors. The research described here showed that human tooth avulsion induces atypical odontalgia when it is carried out in migraine and cluster headache sufferers. Conversely, no sensation is reported by personally and familiarly headache-exempt subjects who underwent the same type of tooth extraction.
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PMID:Phantom tooth diagnosis and an anamnestic focus on headache. 830 12

Benign cough headache (BCH) presents as an intermittent, usually bilateral, severe bursting or explosive pain brought on by coughing. Some of the known conditions which can mimic the pain experienced in BCH are subarachnoid hemorrhage, increased intracranial pressure, intracranial tumors, and even toothache. Careful evaluation must be carried out in order to differentiate between these conditions. A case of BCH which presented as a toothache is reported. The evaluation for exertional headaches, and for headaches brought on by coughing, is discussed.
Headache 1993 May
PMID:Cough headache presenting as a toothache: a case report. 832 98

The study explored children's self-assessment of the pain experience and to understood the relative factors that influence the words used to represent children's pain. Using an outline of a human figure and a section of the open questionnaire to study, 106 nine- to sixteen-year-old children marked their pain location using colors to represent pain. They rated the intensity and duration of their pain, and described their experience of pain (sensation, causes, and ways to manage pain). The results showed that children clearly described pain, that there were appreciable differences between feelings of headache, leg pain, backache, and shoulder pain with pain intensity and duration of pain; that explained the difference of occurrence of abdominal pain in cross effect between age and sex; that explained the difference of the occurrence of toothache in cross effect among triangle of hospitalized experience, age, and sex; that there was significant relationship between abdominal pain and family structure. For severe abdominal pain or toothache the children could ask doctors for pain relief. For the others, they could take medication or rest for their middle or mild abdominal pain. The ways to manage leg pain were injection and massage. Change of position was applied to relieve backache. From the children's self-reports, we understand that causes of children's pain were derived from bad sleep, food, decayed teeth, exercising, and hitting. Pain avoidance is best achieved by accident prevention, cultivation of good health habits, and integration of daily living skills.
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PMID:Sensation and experience of pain in children. 832 Jul 54


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