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Take the Pain Quiz

What's the most sensitive part of your body? Does everyone feel pain? Get answers to these and other questions by taking the pain quiz.

Gender words are used here to talk about anatomy and health risk. Please use this information in a way that works best for you and your provider as you talk about your care.

1. Most pain serves no purpose.
2. Everyone feels pain.
3. People in a coma can't feel pain.
4. Headache is the most common type of pain.
5. Men get migraine headaches more than women.
6. Women have a higher pain threshold than men.
7. With enough focus, you can train your brain to ignore pain.
8. Newborns can't feel pain.
9. You always feel pain in the part of the body where it starts.
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