What pain requires the most attention

Question: What pain requires the most attention
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  pain
Asked by SuperSnK/SandwichesArEyUm to Kellie on 27 Apr 2016.
- Kellie Jaremko answered on 27 Apr 2016:
  
  Hi
  All types of pain are uncomfortable for people. A new severe pain without an obvious cause requires medical attention quickly since this usually means an injury to internal organs. We still don’t know what causes some pain to continue after tissue damage stops; this change from acute pain to chronic pain requires research attention. If we can predict or prevent this then we can decrease the number of people with lifelong pain.