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new terms: pain and 'chronic pain' #138

Closed obophenotype-user closed 9 years ago

obophenotype-user commented 10 years ago

Proposed new hierarchy: HP_0011730 'Abnormality of central sensory function -i-HP:new pain

--i--HP:new Chronic pain

Definitions: HP:new pain def: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. source: http://www.iasp-pain.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Pain_Defi...isplay.cfm&ContentID=1728

HP:new chornic pain def: pain that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_(medicine)

Reported by: nicolevasilevsky

Original Ticket: obo/human-phenotype-requests/138

obophenotype-user commented 10 years ago

Original comment by: pnrobinson

obophenotype-user commented 10 years ago

I put these terms as a child of Neurophysiological abnormality. We are planning on making a stricter separation between morphological and functional terms in the nervous system over the next six months, and I think the term works well here.

For chronic pain, I have the definition/comment:

Persistent pain, usually defined as pain that has laster longer than 3 to 6 months. Comment:Acute pain is provoked by a specific disease or injury, serves a useful biologic purpose, is associated with skeletal muscle spasm and sympathetic nervous system activation, and is self-limited. Chronic pain, in contrast, may be considered a disease state. It is pain that outlasts the normal time of healing.

Original comment by: pnrobinson