One patient said, "When you have pain the scales are good, but not when the pain varies or comes and goes." Some patients with chest pain complained that what they felt was pressure rather than pain.

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Doctors grade angina symptoms on a scale of 1 to 4, ... Nothing really changes except that people cannot feel their own chest pain. Others argue the laser holes cause inflammation. This, ...

Acute chest pain, or sudden discomfort you haven’t experienced before, always warrants emergency care. When in doubt, call 911. Don’t research your symptoms online or call your doctor’s ...

Asking patients in the emergency room to rate their pain on a visual scale or to rank it from zero to 10 doesn’t really convey what the patient is feeling, suggests a study from Sweden.