INTRODUCTION Symptom management is a fundamental aspect of palliative care (WHO 2003). It is the primary therapeutic goal of service delivery and is aimed at subjective wellbeing (De Canno & Martini 2001). Although it is estimated that 90% of patients who access palliative care services have a diagnosis of cancer (Bruera % Portenoy 2001)‚ governments worldwide are now committed to ensuring that palliative care is available to all who need it‚ including patients diagnosed with incurable non-malignant
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often in men between 20 and 35 of age‚ and it has been reported in all races and in many areas of the world. There is considerable evidence that heavy smoking or chewing tobacco is a causative or an aggravating factor. The clinical manifestations are pain‚ foot cramps‚ especially of the arch (instep claudication)‚ after exercise and cold sensitivity. Physical signs include intense rubor (reddish- blue discoloration) of the foot and absence of pedal pulse‚ but with normal femoral and popliteal pulses
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hypertension‚ chest pain‚ and heart disease. Chronic pain is the stress that wears people away day after day‚ year after year. It destroys mind‚ bodies‚ and lives. It is caused by an unhappy marriage‚ or a despised job. It comes when a person does not find a way out of miserable situation. People die of this by suicide‚ violence‚ heart attack‚ stroke‚ and sometime even cancer. A 2013 survey says the teens are having emotional and physical distress‚ including chronic stress. Teens have to
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Company. Pain. November 5‚ 2013. Elselvier. Retrieved from http://www.us.elselvierhealth.com. Vallerand‚ A. (2013). Davis’s drug guide for nurses‚ (13th ed.) Philiadelphia:P.A. Davis Company. Nursing Diagnosis Acute pain related inflammation secondary to Diverticulitis m/b pt rating pain a “6” on a scale of 0-10‚ pt guarding abdomen with movements‚ and facial grimacing with position change. Outcomes(s) Pt will have decreased pain as evidence by pt rating pain a 3 or less
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scheduled when DN had increasing pain in his knees while doing chores and working on his dairy farm. The increasing pain DN was having been due to a history of osteoarthritis and the wear-and-tear on his joints throughout his life‚ no specific injury was noted. Depending on the outcome of the left knee‚ DN was consulted on having his right knee done in the future due to his active lifestyle as a dairy farmer. DN is presently in very good health despite his pain from osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis
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Chronic and Infectious Diseases Chronic and infectious diseases are diseases life threatening. A chronic diseases are non-communicable illnesses prolonged in duration‚ do not resolve spontaneously‚ and are rarely cured completely such as heart disease‚ cancer‚ stroke‚ diabetes‚ and arthritis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2009). However‚ an infectious disease or communicable disease is contagious and caused by a biological agent‚ such as a virus‚ bacterium‚ or parasite also known
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Wall in 1965. * This theory explains about a pain-modulating system in which a neural gate present in the spinal cord can open and close thereby modulating the perception of pain. * The gate control theory suggested that psychological factors play a role in the perception of pain. Terms * Pain - an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. * Analgesia - the selective suppression of pain without effects on consciousness or other sensations
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Parkinson’s and strokes as the damage to the brain will damage and cause the body to degenerate. 1.3 Symptoms of end of life care can and usually will cause distress and discomfort‚ as the general symptom’s are pain related‚ weather physical‚ emotional‚ spiritual or psychological pain the person will need a range of therapies‚ medicines‚ special comfort aid’s like hospital bed’s and air mattresses or oxygen apparatus‚ there can be many side effects to medications and those can cause distress and
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practice of euthanasia are more widespread. Euthanasia is a way of granting mercy-both by direct killing and by letting the person die. This principle of mercy establishes two component duties: 1. the duty not to cause further pain or suffering; and 2. the duty to act to end pain or suffering already occurring. Under the first of these‚ for a physician or other caregiver to extend mercy to a suffering patient may mean to refrain from procedures that cause further suffering-provided‚ of course‚ that the
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does report chronic back pain remedied by routine chiropractic care. Client is allergic to Sulfa and denies seasonal or environmental allergies. Family History See Genogram for this client in Appendix A Review of Systems for Current Health Problems Skin‚ Hair‚ Nails: Normal skin color for race. Skin warm‚ dry‚ intact‚ no rashes‚ no lesions. No hair loss or dandruff. Head and Neck: Denies headache‚ stiffness‚ difficulty swallowing‚ enlarged lymph nodes. No pain. Ears: Denies pain‚ ringing
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