TEXT E Patients tend to feel
indignant and insulted if the physician tells them he can find no organic cause
for the pain. They tend to interpret the term "psychogenic" to mean that they
are complaining of nonexistent symptoms. They need to be educated about the fact
that many forms of pain have no underlying physical cause but are the result, as
mentioned earlier, of tension, stress, or hostile factors in the general
environment. Sometimes a pain may be a manifestation of "conversion
hysteria". Obviously, it is folly for an individual to ignore
symptoms that could be a warning of a potentially serious illness. Some people
are so terrified of getting news from a doctor that they allow their malaise to
worsen, sometimes past the point of no return. Total neglect is not the answer
to hypochondria. The only answer has to be increased education about the way the
human body works; so that more people will be able to steer an intelligent
course between promiscuous pill popping and irresponsible disregard of genuine
symptoms. Of all forms of pain, none is more important for the
individual to understand than the "threshold" variety. Almost everyone has a
telltale ache that is triggered whenever tension or fatigue reaches a certain
point. It can take the form of a migraine-type headache or a squeezing pain deep
in the abdomen or cramps or a pain in the lower back or even in the
joints. The individual who has learned how to make the
correlation between such threshold pains and their cause doesn’t panic when they
occur; he or she does something about relieving the stress and tension. Then, if
the pain persists despite the absence of apparent cause, the individual wilt
telephone the doctor. Some people suffering from a pain do not go to hospital because______.
A.they are horrified to get the bad news B.they think no medicine is effective C.they think the pain will disappear as soon as you forget it D.they are too busy.