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What about pain?
• It’s experienced in many different ways, including physical &
emotional pain. i
• Described as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience
associated with actual or potential tissue damage. ii
• Acute pain is usually short-term caused by recent injury or
trauma, with healing of the tissues and resolution occurring
within 3 months.
• When acute pain does not resolve within 3 months, it is
classified as chronic pain.
