Phantom pain

study was to find out the relevance of changes in phantom limb pain, and the effect of visceral stimulation has on the intensity of phantom limb pain. Researchers were trying to investigate and answer the commonness of the change of phantom limb sensation and pain with visceral stimulation in military personnel with amputation and pain intensity. One of the questions that they were trying to answer was why do some people have get phantom limb pain when their lower limbs get amputated? They…

amputation generates sufficient trauma in and of itself, adding to the shock is the experience of excruciating pain caused by a limb or other body part that is no longer attached to the body, this disturbance can prove to be not only exasperating but extraordinarily frightening as well. This strange phenomenon, of experiencing a limb that has been removed from the body, is referred to as a “phantom limb.” Around “90 percent of amputees worldwide” have experienced these puzzling sensations.…

Personality Theories and Danny Phantom: A Wild Ride From Start To Finish Butch Hartman, creator of Danny Phantom, Fairly-Odd Parents, Wander Over Yonder, and many other classic cartoons of the 2000s is known for his fantastic character development and the unique personalities he gives to his characters. The best example of his work is found in Danny Phantom, the story of teenage boy Danny Fenton, who becomes half-ghost through an accident in his parent’s laboratory. To quote the opening theme,…

probably find a hotel.. I pull my phone out of my pocket and pull up google maps. I find the Night Time Square right down the road just past 7th Ave is only about $88 a night, so I grip the straps of my backpack and start walking. I walk past the Phantom of Broadway store and take a quick peek inside and notice all of the broadway shirts and other things, I make a mental note to stop there before I leave. I turn and continue to walk I stop and look up at the sign on the outside. I sigh in…

by the brain and phantom-limb pain. Flor et al. compared the cortical reorganization in 13 upper-limb amputees (using magnetic source imagine), their individual amount of phantom limb pain using comprehensive neurological and psychological investigation (as well as a standardized pain-intensity scale) and facial remapping. Results showed a positive relationship in amount of cortical reorganization and the amount of phantom limb pain experienced by each subject (P > 0.0001), (Flor et al.,…

shown that pain perception (which is the conscious awareness of pain by the brain) is not entirely dependent on physical injury (physical injury is defined as damage to the body). This essay will consider information relating to phantom pain, battlefield injuries and referred pain as well as discussing the gate pain theory put forward by Melzack and wells. The human body has two separate pain pathways, one of which is involved in pain perception while the other is not. The first pain pathway…

individual knows there is a hand there, yet “that he does know takes some shewing [showing]” (Wittgenstein 14). Anything as far as a simple sensation should not be considered from of a hand existing. Sensations can be easily confused, for instance phantom limb pain. Consequently, sensations cannot be relied upon to prove the existence of an object. The statement “I know” entails that one has fundamental grounds of knowledge to base their statement from, excluding sensations and other body…

The most obscure character in The Phantom of the Opera, is the Paris Opera House. Working in duality, the opera house not only provides the setting, but it also shines a light on the hypocritical and social ills French society at the time. The opera house emphasizes the social status during a period known as the Belle Époque (The Beautiful Season), which the upper-class would come to call 'The Golden Age', during this period the standards of living was increased for the middle and upper-class.…

The protagonist in The Phantom of the Opera is Christine Daae. Christine Daae is originally from Sweden, her mother died when she was six and her father was a renounced violinist. Christine originally started at the Paris Opera House as a ballerina but was needed to fill in for Carlotta when she was ill and then became an opera singer. Christine’s conflict in the story is choosing between her childhood best friend Raoul or the Opera Ghost Erik when the ghost kidnaps her. Christine is the…

It wasn't supposed to happen like this, everything was going so well. Pain sears through my leg, I can see Paul through the corner of my eye, he’s hit too. This won't end well for me, Paul should be fine but, I'm hit in the knee; I can feel my body quiver with every throb that is sent through my leg. Why couldn’t I have been hit only a little higher up the leg? Paul keeps trying to tell me that it’s a few inches above my knee, we both know he's only lying to make me worry less. It's not helping.…