Why rating your pain out of 10 is tricky

"It's really sore," my (Josh's) five-year-old daughter said, cradling her broken arm in the emergency department. "But on a ...
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Metaphor and images should be used alongside traditional medical scales for patients to describe pain

Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study says. Patients should be able to use images and metaphors ...