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Invisible pain is real: Why medics must hear what patients don't say

Woman with pain on her shoulder. (Courtesy/GettyImages]

For millions around the world, pain isn’t just in their imagination. It’s their everyday reality. From pounding headaches to aching joints and stabbing nerve pain, they live with it daily.

Pain is something we all experience, but not in the same way. Some people shake it off; others feel overwhelmed. According to Prof Bart Morlion, a global expert in pain medicine at KU Leuven Cancer Institute in Belgium, it’s because pain is not just about the body.

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