of referred pain is unknown, although there are several hypotheses. Radiating pain is slightly different from referred pain; for example, the pain related...

next few minutes. Pain that gradually intensifies only after several hours or even days has passed is referred to as gradual onset pain. One can describe...

is a type of referred pain, meaning that the source of the pain differs from the location where the pain is felt. Most causes of ear pain are non-life-threatening...

Exostosis Referred pain is that pain perceived at a site different from its point of origin but innervated by the same spinal segment. Sometimes knee pain may...

also cause referred pain in the back. Tumors of the vertebrae, neural tissues and adjacent structures can also manifest as back pain. Back pain is common;...

from somewhere on the body wall, e.g. left arm/hand pain, jaw pain. So the pain is "referred to" the related dermatomes of the same spinal segment. Viruses...

underlying cause as either mechanical, non-mechanical, or referred pain. The symptoms of low back pain usually improve within a few weeks from the time they...

Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant...

region beneath the muscle, causing pain in the buttocks and referred pain along the sciatic nerve. This referred pain is known as sciatica. Seventeen percent...

stimuli that normally evoke pain such as cutting or burning. Visceral pain is diffuse, difficult to localize and often referred to a distant, usually superficial...

Neck pain, also known as cervicalgia, is a common problem, with two-thirds of the population having neck pain at some point in their lives. Neck pain, although...

called referred pain. Pain in cancer can be produced by mechanical (e.g. pinching) or chemical (e.g. inflammation) stimulation of specialized pain-signalling...

of pain upon trigger point palpation, hardening of the muscle upon trigger point palpation, pseudo-weakness of the involved muscle, referred pain, and...

compulsion to scratch the area. The stimulus and referred itch are ipsilateral (the stimulus and the referred itch occur on the same side of the body). Also...

Sciatica is pain going down the leg from the lower back. This pain may go down the back, outside, or front of the leg. Onset is often sudden following...

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS Type 1 and Type 2) is a severe form of chronic pain, in which pain from a physical trauma outlasts the expected recovery...

symptoms in the foot. The radicular pain that results from a radiculopathy should not be confused with referred pain, which is different both in mechanism...

Spleen pain is a pain felt from the left upper quadrant of the abdomen or epigastrium where the human spleen is located or neighboring. Splenomegaly can...

they produce specific patterns of referred pain. Compression of a trigger point may elicit local tenderness, referred pain, or local twitch response. The...

senses facial pain, so as the neural signals are conducted the brain interprets the pain as coming from the forehead—the same "referred pain" phenomenon...

smooth muscle and some pathological conditions produce visceral pain (referred pain). In the abdomen, general visceral afferent fibers usually accompany...

can be referred pain into the hip, groin, and occasionally down the leg, but rarely does the pain radiate below the knee. Pain can be referred from the...

will "refer" pain often to the mid upper abdomen, the epigastrum. Because the appendix is a piece of intestine, it follows a similar referral pattern...

associated with lower back pain. Causes of pain around the hip joint may be intra-articular, extra-articular, or referred pain from neighboring structures...

Kehr's sign is a classic example of referred pain: irritation of the diaphragm is signaled by the phrenic nerve as pain in the area above the collarbone...

women's pain, suffering, or even death are often used as plot devices to further the male protagonist's narrative arc. This is known as the "referred pain" plot...

Aaron's sign is a referred pain felt in the epigastrium upon continuous firm pressure over McBurney's point. It is a non-specific sign of appendicitis...

mental torment." There is no shortage in the many ways psychological pain is referred to, and using a different word usually reflects an emphasis on a particular...

Heart pain (also referred to as cardialgia or cardiodynia) may refer to: Angina, insufficient blood flow to the heart muscles causing chest pain Broken...

but both are referred to as Schokoladencroissant. In the United States and sometimes in English Canada, they are commonly known as "pain au chocolat"...