Medically reviewed by Gurdeep S. Sareen, PharmD Somatic pain and visceral pain are two distinct pain types that you'll experience differently. Somatic pain arises in the skin, muscles, and soft ...

This week we are going to discuss a rather diffuse and difficult differential diagnosis for physicians to consider when evaluating patients for pain. The differences between visceral pain (i.e ...

Two main factors—somatic sensation of the anal canal distal to the dentate line and visceral pain conducted by autonomic fibers at the time of needle insertion into the prostate—are likely to ...