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  2. Self-preservation - Wikipedia

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    Pain motivates the individual to withdraw from damaging situations, to protect a damaged body part while it heals, and to avoid similar experiences in the future. [2] Most pain resolves promptly once the painful stimulus is removed and the body has healed, but sometimes pain persists despite removal of the stimulus and apparent healing of the ...

  3. Drowning - Wikipedia

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    Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Submersion injury refers to both drowning and near-miss incident. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where others present are either unaware of the victim's situation or unable to offer assistance.

  4. Waterboarding - Wikipedia

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    In the most common method of waterboarding, the captive's face is covered with cloth or some other thin material and immobilized on their back at an incline of 10 to 20 degrees. [1] [2] Torturers pour water onto the face over the breathing passages, causing an almost immediate gag reflex and creating a drowning sensation for the captive.

  5. ‘Naked & Afraid’ stars bitten by world's most painful insect ...

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    The 13th season of Naked and Afraid kicked off on Sunday, with a couple of the show’s past all-stars trying to survive in an Ecuador rainforest with one of the most concentrated collections of ...

  6. I have plantar fasciitis — these products actually relieved ...

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    About six weeks ago, after my weekly pickleball league, I awoke to a stabbing pain in my right heel. I'd had knee pain, a jammed thumb, and other ouchies from my favorite sport, but never this ...

  7. Kids who survive gun injuries suffer increases in pain and ...

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    In the new study, it's estimated that more than 85,000 people in the U.S. survive firearm injuries each year — roughly double the number of firearm deaths — although the proportion that are ...

  8. Suffering - Wikipedia

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    Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, [1] may be an experience of unpleasantness or aversion, possibly associated with the perception of harm or threat of harm in an individual. [2] Suffering is the basic element that makes up the negative valence of affective phenomena. The opposite of suffering is pleasure or happiness.

  9. Pain - Wikipedia

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    Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage."