The Pain System in Acute Injury

Last updated: Sun, Jun 18, 2017

Imagine that you scratch the inner side of your forearm with your thumbnail. (Or actually do it, at your own risk of course.)1 Close observation will reveal a lot about the sequence of events in a surface injury.


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First Pain and Second Pain (Last updated: Sun, Jun 18, 2017)

Flare and the Beginning of Inflammation (Last updated: Sun, Jun 18, 2017)

Wheal and Inflammatory Windup (Last updated: Sun, Jun 18, 2017)

Primary Hyperalgesia (Last updated: Sun, Jun 18, 2017)

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The Inflammation Process (Last updated: Sun, Jun 18, 2017)