Feel the Pain

Fibromyalgia? A generic fibromyalgia definition is that it's a chronic disorder characterized by widespread pain and tenderness. Other symptoms are often present, which include: Fatigue Cognitive difficulties, which include impaired ability to focus on tasks and limited concentration Depression Headaches Cramps in the lower abdoment In order for a fibromyalgia diagnosis to be given, the pain must be widespread and last longer than three months and must be coupled with fatigue and cognitive…

UNJUST PAIN MANAGEMENT For the African-American Community As nurse, we seek to aide all of those who seek our help. However, not everyone is treated justly when it comes to pain management and pain control. An example of this disparity would be the case Dominique Oliver, an African American male, received a compound fracture to his lower leg while attempting to steal a soccer ball from a player on the opposing team while playing sports in high school. He was rushed to the local ER where his…

common causes of heel pain. It involves pain and inflammation of a thick band of tissue, called the plantar fascia, that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects our heel to your toes. She received acupuncture therapy sessions and eventually her pain stopped, she now attends monthly sessions to keep inflammation and stress down, and to balance her hormones. Jasmine Elliot is one of the many people who have struggled with chronic pain, attended acupuncture, and their pain was eliminated.…

Pain is not defined with a simple statement or phrase. Sure, many attempt this daunting task, defining it as a hurting or discomfort caused by illness or injury, but pain is so much more complex than what anyone could imagine. Most everyone will feel pain in some form or another at least once at some point during their lives; it’s unescapable. All hope is not loss though, as we have a choice to make. We determine how much of an effect of pain has on us. It up to us to either let it consume us…

moms or grandmas or they work on the job as hard as any man, they all tend to spend a lot of time on their feet. As a woman, you walk around, bend, chase kids, and more. This does not leave much time for aches and pains, but they do seem to hit, where it hurts the most, in the knees. Knee pain is a very common problem among many women, of all ages. Luckily, it does not have to be something you continue to deal with. There are options when it comes to knee support for women. Knee support for…

She tells me “get ready sweetie the pains our going to start getting worse”, “are you going to want the epidural?” I quickly reply without a thought “yes!” She says “I’ll let the doctor know”. And I soon as she walks out the pains start getting worse and about three minutes apart but to mea it feels like I never get a break from the pain. the time there felt like an eternity but I had only been there for about thirty minutes. When the…

power is taken away from you, you become enslaved in your own self-destructive body. Those pain killers, chemo, or hope that things will be better are no longer suppressing your agony and suffering. What then? Time is not on your side the more you allow the illness to take over, the less control you have…

Aesthetics and Anesthetics Aesthetics are defined as a set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or artistic movement. Anesthetics are drugs used to prevent pain during surgery, that makes the patient unconscious so the surgeon can operate on the patient. Relating to this course, anesthesia represents the influence of technology and media on society and shows how easy manipulation and controlling can be with anesthesia. It informs us how our opinions and…

Other than physical treatments, there are also alternatives including mind-body therapies. This may sound unique, but is indeed a very efficient way to forget about the suffering and pain that comes with HIV. Meditation, visualization & affirmations, humor, and inspirational audiotapes are a few ways that this therapy can be used. They use the mind to help reduce stress and may help side effects if one takes prescription drugs. As the UCLA Newsroom states, mindful meditation opens a “receptive…

most common non-communicable diseases that are contracted over a period of time is called Arthritis. Arthritis is a disease of inflammation of one ore more of your joints. The symptoms that come along with it are joint pain, stiffness, and sharp or aching pain. Though, the pain you feel from arthritis will only get worse as your bones age on and become more brittle. Before we get into what kinds of Arthritis there are and how it works, let’s talk about how you get it. To get Arthritis, well…you…