Why do they tend to downplay it so much most of the time? Do they truly not think it will be painful? Or is there some other reason for that?
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We don’t know how it will feel. We know patients sometimes feel nothing, and sometimes it feels like Satan just shoved a pitchfork in their side with certain maneuvers.To diagnose, we need rule conditions in/out. If you react with pain, then in makes it more likely something, while if you don’t react with pain, that means that it is less likely (or vice versa). If we think something is likely, we still need to do the maneuvers.Saying “discomfort” is a fair warning that we don’t know if you will feel anything, but if we are thinking its a suspected condition and it is it, then it might hurt. We also note the pain, grimacing, etc. Try to lay off if it’s severe.
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