No evidence exists to suggest that older individuals perceive pain to a lesser degree or that sensitivity is diminished. Although pain is a common experience among individuals 65 years of age and older‚ it is not a normal process of aging. Pain indicates pathology or injury. Pain should never be considered something to tolerate or accept in one’s later years. Unfortunately‚ many clinicians and older adults wrongfully assume that pain should be expected in aging‚ which leads to less aggressive treatment
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PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH THE CORRECT TOOLS Lorin Fernandez TESC Health Assessment NUR-416 Dr. Pamela S. Card February 24‚ 2013 Introduction Cancer patients‚ end of life patients‚ patients with chronic diseases‚ and patients with a simple complaint of pain are all entitled to the best pain management available for their specific needs. This topic is of particularly important for nursing professionals who need to have the knowledge to adequately assess and manage a patient’s pain with the
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What is sciatica? It is the pain which affects the hip‚ back‚ leg and is produced by a pinched nerve root present in the lower back. This extremely painful condition may also be caused by deterioration of a bone. There are numerous reasons which can trigger sciatica which is no doubt quite traumatic and hurting. Some of the other common causes for sciatica are Spinal stenosis‚ Degenerative disc disease‚ not exercising regularly‚ Spondylolisthesis and sleeping on soft mattress. The symptoms which
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R…Teixeira‚ M.L. (2010): Pain: elderly patients. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2011; 69(2-B): 387-394. The authors reviewed various double blind‚ randomized‚ controlled trials along with their systematic reviews to evaluate different methods of assessing and managing pain in demented and non-demented elderly people. They utilized articles published in Scopus‚ Pubmed and Web of Science from the years 1966 to 2010. In this literature they reviewed the physiology of pain in the elderly and the
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effectiveness of red chili peppers as a topical natural pain reliever‚ compared to the commercial pain-relieving oils‚ creams and liniments‚ and also to know if it can be a good alternative to the artificial anti-inflammatory drugs. Three (3) different frequencies of applications were done to three (3) sample persons‚ and these are: 3 times a day‚ 4 times a day and 5 times a day‚ all for a duration of one (1) week. A commercially-bought pain reliever (Omega Pain Killer) was used for comparison.
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Long term pain affects many people in today’s society. Approximately 10-20% of the working adult population reports persistent or recurring pain that limits their ability to work (Shaw et al.‚ 2012‚ p. 694). Pain that last more than three to six months following an injury or after the expected time frame of recovery‚ is seen as a chronic condition (Nilsen & Anderssen‚ 2013‚ p. 124). As a way of coping with this chronic pain‚ they develop many self-management techniques to get back to work and maintain
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Acupuncture for Pain Management Everyone at one point in his or her life has felt pain. Image if you had constant pain with no relieve in site. With acupuncture‚ relief is just a thin wire away. Scientists are not ready to admit that acupuncture works in pain management. However‚ studies have shown that acupuncture can modifies the perception of pain and how it is processed by the brain. Through neuroimaging and genomics‚ scientists can see the changes within the brain’s pain center. They
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Pain control is the second nursing priority for Candace that needs attention. Women who undergo caesarean section experience high levels of pain during the first 24 hours post-operation (Acton‚ 2011). One study suggests that those women need more adequate pain relief than other surgical patients because women start to breastfeed and look after their infants while they are still recovering from major abdominal surgery (Shahraki‚ Jabalameli‚ & Ghaedi‚ 2012). Inadequate postoperative pain control during
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Although relatively new in Western medicine‚ acupuncture was developed over 3‚000 years ago in China. Used to treat just about everything from nausea to pain‚ acupuncture has become one of the most popular‚ and most intriguing‚ medical treatments at the moment. If you’re suffering from chronic pain‚ you might be considering trying this ancient‚ and often effective‚ practice‚ but first‚ you may be interested in finding how and why it works. How Acupuncture Works Acupuncture is based on the traditional
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Holistic Pain Management Holistic self-care methods are a viable alternative to drug-dependent side effects‚ and expensive‚ hi-tech intervention. Pain is a widespread affliction in the population of the United States. A result most often of disease‚ injury‚ or surgery‚ physical pain ranges in severity from the short-term acute pain associated with bumped knees‚ scraped elbows‚ and minor burns to deep‚ chronic pain resulting from nerve damage or unspecified causes. In a National
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