Pain Symptoms For Oet

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“Pain Symptoms(oet)”

- Agony (is extreme pain or suffering, especially lasts for a long time)


- Agonizing (resulting in agony)
- Aching (occurs continuously in a localized area, but at mild or moderate)
- Burning (distinct from dull, stabbing, or aching pain)
- Cramping (mostly overuse of muscle)
- Crushing (squeezing or excessively compressing)
- Dull aching (chronic or persistent pain)
- Intense (suddenly often as a result of a known injury)
- Excruciating (intensely painful)
- Stinging (sharp tingling or burning sensation)
- Sharp (sudden, intense spike of pain)
- Shooting (nerve pain like a stabbing or burning sensation)
- Spasmodic (muscle spasms or cramps)
- Splitting (An intense sensation of discomfort that feels like being cut apart.)
- Stabbing (nerve pain like a stabbing or burning sensation)
- Scalding (acid or chemical burn)
- Searing (very intensive heat or pain)
- Throbbing (severe and disabling)
- Tingling (paresthesia/numb feeling)
- Terrible (very severe pain)
- Vague (discomfort in tummy)
- Pounding (a throbbing quality, especially when it is severe and disabling.)
- Unbearable (extreme discomfort and anguish that is overwhelming and
unendurable)

1. agonising pain- Agonizing means filled with or resulting in agony—extreme


pain or suffering, especially the kind that lasts for a long time. A close
synonym is excruciating. Agony can be physical or emotional, and things that
are agonizing can involve physical or emotional pain.
2. searing pain- She felt a searing pain in her foot.
3. stabbing pain- I was experiencing stabbing pains in my stomach.
4. sharp pain – Aortic dissection—in a small percentage of people
5. splitting pain – A splitting headache can have many different causes.
Migraine, cluster, and tension headaches are examples of primary headaches.

pain collocation
1. lasting for a long/short time: acute, chronic, constant, persistent
2. very bad: agonizing, excruciating, extreme, much, severe, terrible, unbearable
The pain was excruciating.
3. not bad: mild, moderate, slight
Paracetamol should be the first choice for mild pain.
4. intense: burning, intense, searing, sharp, stabbing
I feel a sharp pain in the side of my arm.
5. Verbs frequently used with pain
reduce pain: alleviate, control, decrease, dull, ease, lessen, reduce, relieve, soothe,
treat
Soon after injury, an ice bag may be applied to relieve pain and swelling.
cause pain: cause, inflict
Possibly nothing inflicts more intense pain than fire.
feel pain: endure, experience, feel, suffer
He suddenly felt a terrific pain in his head as though a nail had been driven into it.
help to prevent pain: eliminate, minimize
Hypnosis can be used to minimize the pain of dental surgery.

6. Nouns frequently used after pain


control of pain: control, management, relief
Advice may need to be sought from the pain management team.
tolerance of pain: threshold, tolerance
There is considerable variation in individual pain thresholds.
medicine for pain: medication, meds INFORMAL
Over-the-counter pain medications are recommended to relieve minor pain from
tension headache.

Other nouns/adjectives/verbs frequently used with pain


aches, discomfort, distress, suffering
People with epilepsy say that they do not experience pain or distress before or when
they have seizures.

https://www.macmillandictionary.com/collocations/british/pain

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