Patients suffer from pain.

Suffering occurs in the lives of sentient beings in numerous manners, and often dramatically.

Breakthrough [bad word] on suddenly for short periods of time nd is not alleviated by the patients' normal pain management. It [bad word] in cancer patients who often have a background level of pain controlled by medications, but whose pain periodically "breaks through" the medication. The characteristics of breakthrough cancer pain vary from person to person and according to the cause.

When long term pain is relieved by therapeutic intervention, scores on the neurotic triad and anxiety fall, often to normal levels.

Pain motivates the individual to withdraw from damaging situations, to protect a damaged body part while it heals, and to avoid similar experiences in the future.

Most pain resolves promptly once the painful stimulus is removed and the body has healed, but sometimes pain persists despite removal of the stimulus and apparent healing of the body.

Pain is the [bad word] reason for physician consultation in the United States. It is a major symptom in many medical conditions, and can significantly interfere with a person's quality of life and general functioning.

Psychological factors such as social support, hypnotic suggestion, excitement, or distraction can significantly modulate pain's intensity or unpleasantness.

Patients suffer from pain…