McGill Pain Questionnaire

acute pain. Many times it is the first time in their lives they have faced such pain. The health care team strives to manage their pain properly, but a careful balance is required while considering the effects of long-term opioid use. Health care providers must be considerate of the weaning process and monitoring patients to make sure addiction does not occur, especially in patients with a history of substance abuse. Unfortunately, opioid abuse and related deaths are at an all-time high, so pain…

ArthriMend Review... Overview The joint is a very significant body part because of its role and activity. sometimes these joints gets inflamed and thus communicates it through the brain which are felt negatively as pain and discomfort. But in the midst of all these, experts staggered not with their recommendations that one needs to exercise more often. Walking and other physical activities put an amount of strain on the muscles and joints, these strains which are always uncomfortable can…

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,…

analgesics are usually a part of pharmacologic treatment for patients living with chronic pain. What do you think are the long-term benefits of using this particular medication for these patients? An opioid is a kind of analgesic medicine that relieves moderate to severe pain. It is very prevalent due to its effectiveness, and it has been used to manage acute to a chronic type of pain. However, treating chronic pain with this drug is a challenged due to the subjective characteristics and…

possible. Therefore games are beneficial to society in areas such as medicine, therapy,and learning. Games are beneficial in medicine by distracting the mind, thus producing an effect like a pain killer. This effect is useful, because in many patients pain killers are not enough to significantly dampen the pain perceived by the individual. This is remedied by distracting the centers of the brain normally…

Psychology Lab Research Question: Why do older adults show a decrease on postural control? Hypothesis: Older adults with decreased knee or ankle threshold joint position sensation would show decreased postural control. • Threshold joint position is a test of sensory sensitivity used to quantify each subject’s proprioceptive abilities Methods: • 22 women and men, 70 yoa or older • all subjects had threshold joint position testing at ankle (plantar and dorsiflexion) and knee joints…

When do they get Alopecia Totalis? This malady occurs in children and men and women under the age of 40, but there is no guarantee adults of an older age will not suffer from it as well. As mentioned earlier, it can happen suddenly or over time preceded by Alopecia Areata. Are there treatments for Alopecia Totalis? Treatments include glucocorticoid injections, anthralin, or oral glucocorticoids which are immunomodulations. There are reports that steroid therapy is able to put the malady…

radiculopathy in the lumbosacral region, intervertebral disc disorders with radiculopathy in the lumbar region, and pain disorder with related psychological factors. Prior treatments included physical therapy, home exercise program, chiropractic treatment, acupuncture with some benefits, the use of a knee brace, walker, and medications. The patient underwent a spine injection (undated) with noted pain relief. The patient also underwent a transforaminal lumbar epidural injection (undated).…

patient has completed 6/6 PT sessions on 12/17/15, and has had 2/8 acupuncture sessions. Based on the progress report dated 08/15/16 by Dr. Fernandez, the patient rates her pain with medications as 3/10, and without medications as 8/10. Quality of sleep is good. Her activity level has decreased. Patient has low back pain referring to the right foot. The patient notes that she has difficulty climbing up and downstairs, bending,…

Xanax Samantha E. Mendoza San Joaquin Valley College Xanax The brand name is Xanax, the generic name is alprazolam, and the chemical name is 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo [4,3-α] [1,4] benzodiazepine. It is a drug used for managing anxiety disorder or for the short term relief of anxiety symptoms in adults (WebMD, n.d.). Xanax is considered a Schedule IV narcotic because Xanax has a medical use, but the drug is still considered to have potential for abuse. It belongs to a class of…