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Pain is often thought of as a subjective measure of discomfort. It is easy to overlook that pain often activates a cascade of real physiologic responses throughout the body that involves the central nervous system, endocrine system and renal system. The purpose of this chapter is to delineate some of these basic changes.
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Cios, H. (2019). Physiologic and Psychological Effects. In: Abd-Elsayed, A. (eds) Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_215
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