You know your own body and mind. When it comes to describing medical symptoms — from sharp chest pains to sudden mood swings — as the patient, you’re the go-to member for the entire health care team.

After a series of questions, the doctor leans in and asks, “Does your pain buzz?” I answer, “No.” I answer no because, unfortunately, I am not a bee, nor does the 15 minutes of our time together allow ...

Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study says. Patients should be able to use images and metaphors ...

Adults also have a lot of ways to describe pain that children don’t. If you ask a child about pain, they may say that it feels like a thousand needles poking them, which we may interpret as a sharp ...

"It's really sore," my (Josh's) five-year-old daughter said, cradling her broken arm in the emergency department. "But on a ...

Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study says. Pain cards with pictures to describe feelings and poetry ...