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Hurting Pain

MedGen UID:
768655
•Concept ID:
C3640015
•
Sign or Symptom

Definition

A sensation of discomfort or distress that is very unpleasant. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHurting Pain

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Obesity Hurts: The Why and How of Integrating Weight Reduction With Chronic Pain Management.
Malfliet A, Quiroz Marnef A, Nijs J, Clarys P, Huybrechts I, Elma Ö, Tumkaya Yilmaz S, Deliens T
Phys Ther 2021 Nov 1;101(11) doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzab198. PMID: 34403478
Reasons Patients Choose the Emergency Department over Primary Care: a Qualitative Metasynthesis.
Vogel JA, Rising KL, Jones J, Bowden ML, Ginde AA, Havranek EP
J Gen Intern Med 2019 Nov;34(11):2610-2619. Epub 2019 Aug 19 doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05128-x. PMID: 31428988Free PMC Article
Low back pain: diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
Indahl A
Scand J Rheumatol 2004;33(4):199-209. doi: 10.1080/03009740410006916. PMID: 15370713

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Pediatric Trauma: What Hurts?
Perea LL, Echeverria Rosario K, Staman S, Fox N
Pediatr Emerg Care 2022 Feb 1;38(2):e943-e946. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002499. PMID: 34267158
Who is hurting? A prospective study of surgeon ergonomics.
Stewart C, Raoof M, Fong Y, Dellinger T, Warner S
Surg Endosc 2022 Jan;36(1):292-299. Epub 2021 Feb 1 doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-08274-0. PMID: 33523280
The downgrading of pain sufferers' credibility.
Tosas MR
Philos Ethics Humanit Med 2021 Oct 6;16(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s13010-021-00105-x. PMID: 34610826Free PMC Article
It still hurts! Persistent pain and use of pain medication one year after injury.
Velmahos CS, Herrera-Escobar JP, Al Rafai SS, Chun Fat S, Kaafarani H, Nehra D, Kasotakis G, Salim A, Haider AH
Am J Surg 2019 Nov;218(5):864-868. Epub 2019 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.03.022. PMID: 30961892
The Wong-Baker pain FACES scale measures pain, not fear.
Garra G, Singer AJ, Domingo A, Thode HC Jr
Pediatr Emerg Care 2013 Jan;29(1):17-20. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827b2299. PMID: 23283256

Diagnosis

My tongue hurts.
Porter S, Escudier M, Fedele S
Br Dent J 2022 Oct;233(7):547-549. Epub 2022 Oct 14 doi: 10.1038/s41415-022-5026-8. PMID: 36241802Free PMC Article
Understanding Shoulder Pain: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Exploring the Patient Experience.
Maxwell C, Robinson K, McCreesh K
Phys Ther 2021 Mar 3;101(3) doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzaa229. PMID: 33373455
'The side of my wrist hurts': De Quervain's tenosynovitis.
Allbrook V
Aust J Gen Pract 2019 Nov;48(11):753-756. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-07-19-5018. PMID: 31722458
Behavior during cluster headache.
Torelli P, Manzoni GC
Curr Pain Headache Rep 2005 Apr;9(2):113-9. doi: 10.1007/s11916-005-0048-x. PMID: 15745621
Low back pain: diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
Indahl A
Scand J Rheumatol 2004;33(4):199-209. doi: 10.1080/03009740410006916. PMID: 15370713

Therapy

I'm tired and it hurts! Sleep quality and acute pain response in a chronic pain population.
Woelk J, Goerlitz D, Wachholtz A
Sleep Med 2020 Mar;67:28-32. Epub 2019 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.10.017. PMID: 31884308Free PMC Article
'The side of my wrist hurts': De Quervain's tenosynovitis.
Allbrook V
Aust J Gen Pract 2019 Nov;48(11):753-756. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-07-19-5018. PMID: 31722458
It still hurts! Persistent pain and use of pain medication one year after injury.
Velmahos CS, Herrera-Escobar JP, Al Rafai SS, Chun Fat S, Kaafarani H, Nehra D, Kasotakis G, Salim A, Haider AH
Am J Surg 2019 Nov;218(5):864-868. Epub 2019 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.03.022. PMID: 30961892
Operating hurts: a study of EAES surgeons.
Wells AC, Kjellman M, Harper SJF, Forsman M, Hallbeck MS
Surg Endosc 2019 Mar;33(3):933-940. Epub 2018 Nov 19 doi: 10.1007/s00464-018-6574-5. PMID: 30456510Free PMC Article
Extracranial origin of headache.
Burstein R, Blake P, Schain A, Perry C
Curr Opin Neurol 2017 Jun;30(3):263-271. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000437. PMID: 28248698Free PMC Article

Prognosis

I'm tired and it hurts! Sleep quality and acute pain response in a chronic pain population.
Woelk J, Goerlitz D, Wachholtz A
Sleep Med 2020 Mar;67:28-32. Epub 2019 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.10.017. PMID: 31884308Free PMC Article
It still hurts! Persistent pain and use of pain medication one year after injury.
Velmahos CS, Herrera-Escobar JP, Al Rafai SS, Chun Fat S, Kaafarani H, Nehra D, Kasotakis G, Salim A, Haider AH
Am J Surg 2019 Nov;218(5):864-868. Epub 2019 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.03.022. PMID: 30961892
Economic Insecurity Increases Physical Pain.
Chou EY, Parmar BL, Galinsky AD
Psychol Sci 2016 Apr;27(4):443-54. Epub 2016 Feb 18 doi: 10.1177/0956797615625640. PMID: 26893293
Low back pain: diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
Indahl A
Scand J Rheumatol 2004;33(4):199-209. doi: 10.1080/03009740410006916. PMID: 15370713
The effect of pain on survival.
Staats PS
Anesthesiol Clin North Am 2003 Dec;21(4):825-33. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8537(03)00086-5. PMID: 14719723

Clinical prediction guides

Pediatric Trauma: What Hurts?
Perea LL, Echeverria Rosario K, Staman S, Fox N
Pediatr Emerg Care 2022 Feb 1;38(2):e943-e946. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002499. PMID: 34267158
Who is hurting? A prospective study of surgeon ergonomics.
Stewart C, Raoof M, Fong Y, Dellinger T, Warner S
Surg Endosc 2022 Jan;36(1):292-299. Epub 2021 Feb 1 doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-08274-0. PMID: 33523280
It still hurts! Persistent pain and use of pain medication one year after injury.
Velmahos CS, Herrera-Escobar JP, Al Rafai SS, Chun Fat S, Kaafarani H, Nehra D, Kasotakis G, Salim A, Haider AH
Am J Surg 2019 Nov;218(5):864-868. Epub 2019 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.03.022. PMID: 30961892
Assessment of pain: types, mechanism and treatment.
Swieboda P, Filip R, Prystupa A, Drozd M
Ann Agric Environ Med 2013;Spec no. 1:2-7. PMID: 25000833
The Wong-Baker pain FACES scale measures pain, not fear.
Garra G, Singer AJ, Domingo A, Thode HC Jr
Pediatr Emerg Care 2013 Jan;29(1):17-20. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31827b2299. PMID: 23283256

Recent systematic reviews

It Hurts to Move! Intervention Effects and Assessment Methods for Movement-Evoked Pain in Patients With Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.
Leemans L, Polli A, Nijs J, Wideman T, den Bandt H, Beckwée D
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2022 Jun;52(6):345-374. Epub 2022 Feb 5 doi: 10.2519/jospt.2022.10527. PMID: 35128943
When love hurts. A systematic review on the effects of surgical and pharmacological treatments for endometriosis on female sexual functioning.
Barbara G, Facchin F, Meschia M, Berlanda N, Frattaruolo MP, VercellinI P
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2017 Jun;96(6):668-687. Epub 2016 Nov 5 doi: 10.1111/aogs.13031. PMID: 27687240
Where it hurts: a systematic review of pain-location tools for children.
Hamill JK, Lyndon M, Liley A, Hill AG
Pain 2014 May;155(5):851-858. Epub 2013 Dec 4 doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.11.019. PMID: 24316444

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