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    Pain is a necessary aspect of life. It can be broken down into two parts: emotional pain and physical pain. The latter could be a burn or a broken bone and is felt by the nerves in the skin that send signals to the brain. Emotional suffering is a pain not felt by nerves, nor can it be seen like a broken bone on an X-ray. Both make life uncomfortable but unfortunately, both are necessary. Getting hurt could mean both in an emotional or physical way but, without pain, there would be no way to tell if anything was wrong. The protagonist, Amir, and his father, Baba, in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, struggle with emotional pain throughout their lives. This is not a good way to lead a life, but the two characters add to the major theme of Hosseini's novel: pain is what motivates people to redeem themselves after hurting someone they love. Firstly, Amir struggled not with what he did, but rather what he did not do. After many years, he still struggled with what happened “the winter Hassan stopped smiling” (47). The rape of Hassan was a major factor in Amir’s guilt. Amir also felt bad for getting rid of Hassan and Ali. Even though Hassan and Ali are not physically there to remind Amir about his past, he still had troubles with his guilt because Hassan did not leave his thoughts. He had troubles with thinking of Hassan so much he started to feel physical episodes because of the guilt from Hassan’s rape as well as the guilt from getting rid of his family’s closest friends. Amir…

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    The intricate reaction between the human’s physiological and psychological responses has been long disputed (Rowbotham, 2001) This ever changing discussion may be explained by the neuromatrix pain theory (Melzack, 1999). However, our understanding of the physiological response to a painful experience and its effects on the body has changed over the years. In the mid-17th century the pain theory was over simplified; nerve impulses travelled to the cerebral cortex in the brain, the more damage the…

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    Neuron Coding Essay

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    Population Coding There are a variety of neurons types needed to code for specific patterns of a stimulus. These neurons work together to encode information which cannot be done precisely by one neuron type alone. This principle is summarized by the theory of across-neuron response pattern (ANRP). Which states a stimulus will activate a uniquely different set of patterns to discriminate between another stimuli. This is depicted by the absolute difference of neural mass. Somatosensory system…

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    The Last Turn Sharp pains shot all throughout my body; waking me from my sleep. Every muscle tugged on my bones and I could feel my limbs shaking. Thoughts were scattered in my head and I was debating if I could even make it out of bed this morning. The prolonged softball practices coach held for our team this past month had forced an enormous amount of stress on my body. Today was an important day for our entire team and I knew I had to get myself out of bed and get to the field for warmups.…

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    According to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), pain is defined as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described as such (SOURCE).” Since then, the psychology and subjectivity of pain made it even more complex to define pain. There are so many components to pain such as sensory, physical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual and how pain is perceived varies from person to person. There are also so many…

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    ChanMee Bae Psych 421 Take-Home Exam Total 40 points with 2 One-Point Extra Credit 1. Where are the soma of the receptor cells for the sensation located? (1pt) Dorsal root ganglion of the spinal cord. (Students should state the spinal cord to get the point) 2. The pain receptors are called “nociceptors”, named one of the subtype of the nociceptors, and what are the one of four differences in those receptors? (2pts) 1) Mechanical. Thermal. or Polymodal. 2) Morphology of the peripheral ending.…

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    13: Pain Management Assessment and Management of Pain Pain Definition: The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with the actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage or both. Pain can be classified as acute, chronic and malignant pain. Acute Pain: Acute pain is caused by injury, surgery, illness, trauma or painful medical procedures. It serves as a warning of disease or a threat to…

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    Neuropathic Pain

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    The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines neuropathic pain as pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. Neuropathic pain can either be central or peripheral. Central neuropathic pain is caused by a lesion or disease of the central somatosensory nervous system, whereas peripheral pain is caused by a lesion or disease of the peripheral somatosensory nervous system (IASP, 2012). The management of neuropathic pain is challenging because many…

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    Chronic Pain

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    Chronic pain is defined as a long period of time where the pain persists and does not let down. Chronic pain is very different than acute pain as it is more than just a sensation that lets us know we may have a possible injury. This type of pain is usually due to a medical condition or damage to the body. Chronic pain can cause many different types of feeling and emotions such as hopelessness, anger, anxiety, etc. Some ways to treat chronic pain are through surgery, physical therapy,…

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    We are all taught that pain is a warning message, however, sometimes that voice is silenced in the heat of the moment. This book explores how the mind perceives discomfort. Philosophies from numerous doctors and scientists are included between the pages to offer another view on the inner workings of the human body. Many people imagine pain to work like a simple, signaling system. A body expects a certain injury to coincide with a fixed amount of pain which gets transmitted to the brain. However,…

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