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Pain Asymbolia logo #21000 Ambassador John D. Negroponte`s remarks at swearing in ceremony as new U.S. Ambassador to Iraq. Secretary Powell officiated at the June 23, 2004 ceremony in the Franklin Room. source ...
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Pain asymbolia

Pain asymbolia logo #21000 Pain asymbolia, also called pain dissociation, is a condition in which pain is experienced without unpleasantness. This usually results from injury to the brain, lobotomy, cingulotomy or morphine analgesia. Preexisting lesions of the insula may abolish the aversive quality of painful stimuli while preserving the location and intensity aspects. Typ...
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Pain Asymbolia

Pain Asymbolia logo #20146People with this condition do not feel pain when, for example, stabbed in the finger with a sharp needle. Sometimes patients say they can feel the pain, but it doesn't hurt. They know they have been stabbed, but they do not experience the usual emotional reaction. The syndrome is often the result of damage to a part of the brain called the insular ...
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