Shankland Wesley E
TMJ & Facial Pain Center, Westerville, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Cranio. 2011 Apr;29(2):144-54. doi: 10.1179/crn.2011.023.
Emotions can and do affect the way one perceives pain, both acute and chronic. Many factors unconsciously alter the intensity in which pain is perceived even though human beings all have the same anatomical structures to convey nociception to the central nervous system. Pain cannot be measured, only observed by one's behavior to pain. Those who diagnose and treat craniofacial pain quickly realize that many factors in addition to pathological conditions affect patients differently and oftentimes, unpredictably. We, as those who attempt to treat these patients, need to recognize these factors and how they can influence our treatment and a patient's recovery. In this short article, factors that affect pain behavior are described.
情绪能够且确实会影响一个人对疼痛（包括急性疼痛和慢性疼痛）的感知方式。尽管人类都具有相同的解剖结构将痛觉传递至中枢神经系统，但许多因素会在不知不觉中改变疼痛的感知强度。疼痛无法被测量，只能通过一个人对疼痛的行为表现来观察。那些诊断和治疗颅面部疼痛的人很快就会意识到，除了病理状况之外，许多因素对患者的影响各不相同，而且往往是不可预测的。作为试图治疗这些患者的我们，需要认识到这些因素以及它们如何影响我们的治疗和患者的康复。在这篇短文中，将描述影响疼痛行为的因素。
