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What is the proper word for increase in pain?

I want to let someone know if the pain increases then there would be consequences.

However, for the worst case scenario if the pain …..

Thought of using

  1. increases
  2. rises
  3. shoots up

etc.

Not able to figure out what would be appropriate here.

EDIT:

I am not just looking for which word is appropriate out of the three options I suggested. I am looking for any appropriate word.

I am looking for more appropriate/suitable word here, if any.

Best Answer

Intensifies might work. Doctors use a 0-10 self-reported pain scale, in which 0 is no pain and 1 is barely noticeable up to 9, which is excruciating enough that suicide is preferable and 10 is pain so bad that immediate unconsciousness ensues. So in a clinical setting, you might say to a patient.

You report tolerable pain now, which is a 3 on the pain scale. If your pain intensifies to 5 or more, you must seek help immediately.

I wouldn't use shoot up because of the collision with shooting pain, a different type of pain from say, an ache. I wouldn't use rise because of the collision with the use of the word for fever.

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