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pain (pān) a feeling of distress, suffering, or agony, caused by stimulation of specialized nerve endings. bearing-down pain pain accompanying uterine contractions during the second stage of labor. false pains ineffective pains resembling labor pains, not accompanied by cervical dilatation. growing pains recurrent quasirheumatic limb pains peculiar to early youth. hunger pain pain coming on at the time for feeling hunger for a meal; a symptom of gastric disorder. intermenstrual pain pain accompanying ovulation, occurring during the period between the menses, usually about midway. labor pains the rhythmic pains of increasing severity and frequency due to contraction of the uterus at childbirth. phantom limb pain pain felt as though arising in an absent (amputated) limb. psychogenic pain symptoms of physical pain having psychological origin. referred pain pain felt in a part other than that in which the cause that produced it is situated. rest pain a continuous burning pain due to ischemia of the lower leg, which begins or is aggravated after reclining and is relieved by sitting or standing.
growing pains, 1 rheumatism-like pains that occur in the muscles and joints of children or adolescents usually at night and as a result of fatigue, emotional problems, postural defects, and other causes that are not related to growth and may be symptoms of various disorders. 2 emotional and psychologic problems experienced during adolescence. growing pains Pediatrics Benign idiopathic leg pains in growing children, usually in the legs; experts disagree on whether this condition actually exists; some workers regard it as a type of overuse syndrome; if it does exist, it is a
diagnosis of exclusion DiffDx Trauma, infection, avascular necrosis of bone, tumors, collagen vascular disease, Lyme disease, psychosomatic disease, congenital, and developmental defects Clinical GP complaints are bilateral, intermittent, most often
occur after going to bed, and are linked to edema of muscles encased within 'tight' fascia; they often follow a day of strenuous exercise, although a temporal or activity-relatable pattern may not be detected; GPs may be accompanied by
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