Use a 0-to-10 pain scale from no pain to worst ever.
Scoring of the general health and pain scales is different, however.
I went from an 8-9 on the pain scale to a 2-3 in twenty minutes.
On the 1-to-10 pain scale we use with patients, I would have called it a 14.
You might have seen a pain scale in your doctor's office before.
Of course, one inherent problem with using a pain scale is that it's still subjective.
Health professionals often use a pain scale to find out how much pain a person has.
A pain scale is a way for people to measure their pain so that doctors can help plan how best to control it.
The nurse may go over the pain scale that is used to help see how you are doing after surgery.
Rate your pain on the pain scale at different times of the day.