Talk:Pain

Entries and their progress

As of early June 2022, here is progress for the filling of captions in the Pain article:

• Image: File:Wrist pain.jpg
• Caption: An illustration of wrist pain
• Speciality: Neurology and Pain medicine
• Symptoms: Unpleasant sensory and emotional sensations (with a reference)
• Complications: ...
• Onset: ...
• Duration: Typically depends on the cause
• Types: Physical, psychological, psychogenic
• Causes: ...
• Risks: ...
• Diagnosis: ...
• Differential: ...
• Prevention: ...
• Treatment: ...
• Medication: Analgesic
• Prognosis: ...
• Frequency: ...
• Deaths: ...

I believe most the missing sections can be filled, though there are definitely some that probably don't make sense, or may need more specificness. I am also unsure if all of the entries should be filled. For now, I suppose some of the applicable content for the infobox can be found in the article itself, which is nice.

I could plan to edit the article later so that I can think about filling the infobox carefully, but for now I wanted this thought as a small discussion.

Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 05:31, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

Time of day

Not sure where this would best fit in, but this systemic review about pain varying based on time of day is interesting. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 22:33, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

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Wiki Education assignment: Race, Gender, and Medicine

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 7 January 2026 and 28 April 2026. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Harriet.Francis, Chicagorocks5 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Sfoicecream, Theskye0, Tswan101.

— Assignment last updated by Liliput000 (talk) 23:26, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Updated Sections for clarity, Updating Sources, and Linking to Other Pages (planned edits by a student for class)

Hello! I am a student who is editing this page as a part of a class project. I plan to edit the reporting barriers section under assessment section and then the management section. I plan to edit for clarity, add additional new sources, and link additional other wiki pages that are related. For the barriers section, I plan to expand upon the discussion on different social, cultural, and physical barriers to access. Chicagorocks5 (talk) 17:40, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Your editing plans sound great. If you need any help please contact me on my talk page. Best Regards, Barbara ✐✉ 22:53, 25 April 2026 (UTC)