KOSA Acupuncture describes pain scale chart. One of the hardest things about chronic pain is that only YOU know just how bad your pain feels. Our pain scale diagram and chart includes an explanation of each of the pain levels that can help you better explain to others the pain you are feeling. Pain is mediated by specific nerve fibers that carry the pain impulses to the brain.
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Pain is defined as a feeling triggered in the nervous system. Pain may be sharp or dull. It may come and go, or it may be constant. Pain is mediated by specific nerve fibers that carry the pain impulses to the brain where their conscious appreciation may be modified by many factors. Pain can be helpful in diagnosing a problem. Without pain, you might seriously hurt yourself without knowing it, or you might not realize you have a medical problem that needs treatment. Once you take care of the problem, pain usually goes away. However, sometimes pain goes on for weeks, months or even years. This is called chronic pain. Sometimes chronic pain is due to an ongoing cause, such as cancer or arthritis.
Types of Pain Include:
Psychogenic Pain
Also called psychalgia or somatoform pain, is physical pain that is caused, increased, or prolonged by mental, emotional, or behavioral factors. Headache, back pain, or stomach pain are some of the most common types of psychogenic pain.
Phantom Pain
The sensation of pain from a limb or organ that has been lost or from which a person no longer receives physical signals. Phantom limb pain is an experience almost universally reported by amputees and quadriplegics. Phantom pain is a neuropathic pain.
Acute Pain
Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe, but lasts a relatively short time. As opposed to chronic pain. Acute pain serves as a warning of disease or a threat to the body.
Chronic Pain
Defined as pain that persists longer than the temporal course of natural healing, associated with a particular type of injury or disease process. Chronic pain impairs the ability to direct attention, in particular when compared to peers with low intensity or no chronic pain, people with high-intensity chronic pain have significantly reduced ability to perform attention-demanding tasks.
One of the hardest things about chronic pain is that only you know how bad the pain feels. There are no tests that reveal how much you are suffering. There is often no outward signs showing how much a person is in pain.
Pain Scale Chart
A pain scale chart measures a persons pain intensity, and are based on self-report, observational (behavioral), or physiological data. Various pain scales are available for neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults, seniors, and persons whose communication is impaired. Pain assessments are often regarded as “the 5th Vital Sign.”
Universal pain screening is an increasingly common practice, largely because of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) requirement that accredited hospitals and clinics must routinely assess all patients for pain. Pain screening is intended to improve the quality of pain management by systematically identifying patients with pain in clinical settings.
Pain Scale Table
The basic pain scale chart below provides some examples of the various levels that define the 0 to 10 pain scale.
Comparative 0 to 10 Pain Scale
No Pain
Pain Level 0 – No pain at all, you feel perfectly normal.
Minor Pain Levels
Minor pain levels generally do not interfere with most day to day activities. Able to adapt to pain psychologically and with medication or devices such as cushions.
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Pain Level 1 |
Pain level one means very light barely noticeable pain, like a mosquito bite or a poison ivy itch. |
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Pain Level 2 |
Pain level two is discomforting minor pain, like lightly pinching the fold of skin between the thumb and first finger with the other hand, using the fingernails. |
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Pain Level 3 |
Pain level three is a tolerable, but very noticeable pain, like an accidental cut, a blow to the nose causing a bloody nose, or a doctor giving you an injection. |
Moderate Pain Levels
Moderate pain levels interfere with many daily activities. These pain levels usually require some lifestyle changes but you can remain independent, however, you are unable to adapt to the pain.
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Pain Level 4 |
Pain level four is a distressing strong and deep pain, like an average toothache, the initial pain from a bee sting, or minor trauma to part of the body, such as stubbing your toe real hard. |
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Pain Level 5 |
Pain level five is a very distressing strong, deep, piercing pain, such as a sprained ankle when you stand on it wrong or mild back pain. |
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Pain Level 6 |
Pain level six is an intense pain that is strong, deep and piercing. The pain is so strong it seems to partially dominate your senses, causing you to think somewhat unclearly. |
Severe Pain Levels
Severe pain levels, meaning you are unable to engage in your normal activities. The patient is considered disabled and unable to function independently.
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Pain Level 7 |
Pain level seven consists of very intense pain. |
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8 |
Pain level eight is horrible pain. |
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Pain Level 9 |
Pain level nine is excruciating pain, so intense you cannot tolerate it and demand pain killers or surgery, no matter what the side effects or risk. |
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10 |
Pain level ten means unimaginable pain. |
Important notes
Our body’s self-healing power is very powerful. It is the patient’s job to eliminate the root causes by following KOSA Acupuncture’s advice. We walk patients through so that they can easily change their lifestyle so that they can minimize or eliminate the root causes. This will expedite the patient’s healing progress by making responsible organs healthy and healthy organs treat conditions. It is our job to educate patients with true information and treat all responsible organs so that all the conditions can be treated at once.
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Although all of the patient’s conditions are treated at once, each condition would show different improvements in progress. KOSA Acupuncture’s persistent goal is to lose patients ASAP. Patients become so healthy that they don’t have to take drugs (or medicines) and see any medical practitioners anymore. We have successfully achieved this goal with a very high success rate. Patients have nothing to lose other than pains, discomforts, drugs, and excessive weight.
Your body’s ability to heal is greater than anyone has permitted you to believe.
Listen to your body, which knows how to heal itself.
Numbers on the test cannot judge if you are a patient or not.
