Pls check this sentence?

You're already in the past, so it's the prior week, not the past week.
Try "over the week prior" (or prior week).

Others may find that past week is fine.

Hi Grammer Geek.
Thanks for your quick reply.
Actually I was not sure about the tense which should be taken for the part after "The patient experienced(not "had", sorry..) a pain in her jaw".
Please let me explain again.
I wanted to mean that;
1. First she experienced a pain in her jaw.
2. Then, after an unknown period of time, the pain started to increase, which was a wee

Hi,

I would like to have the sentence below checked/corrected.

I can not use present tense for this writing.

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The patient had a pain in her jaw and it had been increasing in (or for?<< better ) the past week.

This is OK. It tells me that she no longer has this pain. It went away at some point in the past. You need to say this somewhere in your

Hi Cleve.
Thanks for your kind help.
So, "The patient had a pain in her jaw and it had been increasing for the past week." applies to the meaning below I wanted?


1. First she experienced a pain in her jaw.
2. Then, after an unknown period of time, the pain started to increase, which was a week before she reported this.

"The outcome of the event is unknown." is

So, now she is in your office, one week after the onset of the increase in pain?

The patient has been experiencing pain in her jaw, which began to intensify a week ago.

Hi Grammer Geek.
Thanks for your message again.
No, she is not. I am just working on writing to reflect the report from a member of her family who I have never met.

I have to start the sentence with "The patient experienced a pain in her jaw" because of a fixed rule for the writing.

Thanks.

Hi,

So why not just say this?

First, she experienced a pain in her jaw. Then, after an unknown period of time, the pain started to increase, which was a week before she reported this. The outcome is unknown.

Clive