Feel the Pain

He has his sensitivity turned up to realistic in the game, so whenever he gets hit he feels it. This means that whenever he has to fight somebody in the game he feels the pain in real life. Michael has spent many days lying in his bed because he was so hurt to move, but the worst pain came from Kaine. Kaine shined a bright light in Michael’s face which caused him to go temporarily blind, and have extreme migraines for a week. Throughout…

Drug overdose is a major public health concern. Among all the drug-related deaths, the opioid class of drug is a significant cause of overdose-related fatalities. According to the World Drug Report (2016), roughly a third to a half of all drug-related deaths are due to overdose, and of those, opioids are the most common substance. Canada has also been ranked as the second largest consumer of prescription opioids in the world with a 203% increase in usage between 2000 and 2010 (International…

Considering that our patient J.P is facing enough woes at home and at school, I feel it would be best to become acquainted with J.P first before starting a physical assessment. Looking at the physical self, in my professional opinion is not a determination of overall health. I would talk to him and see if he had any complaints first. I would allow him to open up about his Sickle Cell Disease and allow him to express his pains and pain management. With this information, I would tell him that my…

Information Ms. C. F. is a pleasant, oriented, 72 year old, widowed female. She is a retired housekeeper residing in Michie, Tennessee. She presents to the clinic today with complaints of an itchy rash under her right axilla that is accompanied by severe pain that radiates toward her right scapula. She states her right ear is also aching. Source and Reliability Self-referred. Deemed reliable. Says she came to clinic due to severe discomfort. Chief Complaint “This rash started on Wednesday,…

Anyone who had suffered from the pain of a toothache will surely value knowing some home remedies for toothache. While these remedies do not actually eliminate the dental problem of a decaying tooth; for sure it will help a lot in alleviating the sharp and throbbing often severe pain that comes with the aching teeth. In case the dentist suggests tooth extraction, at least you had reduced the severity of the pain that you are suffering. There are different causal factors that contribute to an…

Poorly managed pain has a number of undesirable physical and psychological consequences in children (Rennick et al, 2002) which can lead to short and long term effect on the nervous system (Sarpell, 2006). For orthopaedic patients, the consequences of poorly managed acute and postoperative pain can be quite significant both short and long terms (Lellan, 2004; Saxe et al, 2001). Orthopaedic studies have shown that the short term effect of poorly managed pain includes slower recovery, longer…

Pain can be as simple as a paper cut or a bleeding scar, but at the same time it is the monster that eats an individual up inside, keeping them up at night and asking them questions that they wish they only knew the answers to. It questions their every decision and thought similar to a nagging mother paired with an untidy room. There are multiple aspects of pain both physical and emotional that each has their own distinctive impacts on an individual’s life. The pain associated with the loss of…

relaxation. Chronic stress stimulates the body's flight or fight response. This response is stimulated by stress hormones. A massage helps reduce the stress hormones. It also helps increase dopamine and serotonin production, which promotes relaxation. Pain Relief Many people get massage therapy training because…

with the phenomenon of chronic pain. It is recognized as a nursing diagnosis and there are many components that make the concept of chronic pain so complex. Chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts beyond three to six months and can be mild to severe, and sporadic or constant. The mechanism of action of chronic pain has many parts of the body involved, including the spinal cord and the brain. Katharine Kolbaca’s Theory of Comfort can be applied to chronic pain by recognizing a nurse’s duty…

experimental drugs that scientists use on animals, are safe and effective for the animals but do not work for humans because they are too dangerous or they did not work. Animal testing is just awful to do because animals do not need to experience so much pain. Scientists should stop testing animals because it is cruel to animals and animals do not deserve to be treated so badly, and animal lives do not need to be put at risk in order to test something. Animal testing is cruel to animals and…