Pain

[kazmac]

What is mans most common pain

[Wispy68]

Women.

[rja211077]

Spellmaster's gonna getcha

[andy hughes]

Probably toothache - men are far less fastidious about their appearence, and this includes regualr dental checkups. After that, probably sports injuries - legs, shoulders etc., and (if they admit it!) last of all, the all-encompassing headache, which requires several hours moaning on the settee, preferably watching football, being supplied with food / drinks / sympathy at regular intervals!

[snotmonkey]

door keys in pockets, the constant gauging in the thigh. keys are the ideal shape to cause maximum damage.

[Spellmaster]

Thanks for the invitation, rja. As there is indeed no apostrophe, then for all we know Kazmac could be referring to, say, Perrie (aka Pierre) Mans, the South African snooker player who was well known in the '80s. His biggest pain was, or is, being sent to prison, I believe.

[Kit]

We don't know exactly what the most common pain is, because a lot of it is suffered in silence and nobody else ever gets to know about it. It is estimated that people only see their doctor for about 1 in 50 episodes of back pain, for example. However, in the UK, backache is the most common type of pain that people see their doctors about - it affects about 80% of people at some stage in their lives, and up to 40% in any one year.

[flirty41]

Kit - I notice you answer quite a lot of these 'medical' type questions - and very well too! I was just wondering if you have a medical background? Just being nosy!!

[sft42]

Is this a gender specific question? or does it refer to man as a species cause if so then it must be period pain which is suffered by over 50% of the population for a large chunk of their lives.

[Kit]

Thanks for the compliment, flirty41 - I do have a medical background (although not a doctor) and wrote my MSc thesis on back pain, hence the statistics!

[flirty41]

Kit - Thanks for responding! I thought as much!

[xyzzyplugh]

The pain of knowing your going to die, a pain which animals don't possess. (or do they?)

[Cactus]

May i introduce "Earache" into this equasion?

[Joshua_R]

I'd go along with Andy. Tooth decay is the most common disease, so it's possible that toothache is at least in the running for most frequent pain.