Why is it that doctors will never tell you up front that something is going to hurt? Michelle reveals what doctors really mean.
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One need merely understand the code words used, as described in this article.
It doesn’t do either the patient or physician any good to have the patient tense up in panicked expectation before the pain. Aprehension does actually increase the degree of pain experienced.
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