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Relationships between pathology and pain severities: a review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

NG Gregory
NG Gregory*
Affiliation:
Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Herts AL9 7TA, UK; email: ngregory@rvc.ac.uk
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The relationships between pathology severity and pain severity are reviewed using the literature available for humans. The aim is to help veterinary radiologists, physicians and pathologists recognise the disorders in which severity of a lesion is likely to be related to the severity of pain or to incipient pain. Specific features or lesions within the following conditions showed a relationship with pain score, which was usually assessed with a visual analogue scale: inflammation; pancreatitis; ileitis; mucositis; fasciitis; synovitis; arthritis; lower back pain; disc herniation; sciatica; scoliosis; myalgia; cancer; arteriosclerosis; skin ulcers; mastalgia; skin and oral neuropathies; endometriosis; hepatopathy and chronic pulp diseases of the teeth. As experience with magnetic resonance imaging grows, there will be further opportunities to look for quantitative relationships in humans between pathology and pain severities. This information will be useful to veterinarians and other people working with animals in evaluating pain in animals in their care.

Keywords

animal welfarecorrelationdiseasehumanpainpathology
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , November 2010 , pp. 437 - 448
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© 2010 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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