Pain

Dating back to the Middle Ages, pain relief was found in the bark of willow trees often drank in the form of an extract. This was due to a chemical called salicin which converts to salicylic acid in the body. People noticed that this took away their headaches but irritated the stomach greatly. To combat this, German pharmacist and chemist Felix Hoffman came up a solution that replaced the acetylated salicylic acid with acetylsalicylic acid which is now known under the household name of “Aspirin”…

experienced with arthritis and other diseases of the joints and bones. The rheumatologist will routinely examine patients for red, swollen, warm joints. Doctor will order blood work checking liver and kidney function, and continually monitor x-rays. The pain and swelling may come and go from day to day be sure doctors are up to date on all medical conditions. Early detection, proper care, and aggression are important steps for successfully battling and controlling RA (CDC…

Indeed, due to advance medical treatment of patients with SCD most patients now live beyond infancy into adulthood. However, most adults with SCD pain are undertreated and underserved. Also, research indicate that little treatment technique is known about the management of pain in adults with SCD compared to much that is known about the treatment of pain in children and adolescent with SCD. Consequently, it is essential that health care providers, especially advanced practice nurses (APN),…

Introduction: Imagine yourself not being able to achieve simple tasks let alone see, walk or speak. You’re in such excruciating pain you don’t want to live anymore. You think that your life isn't worth it because you aren't getting any enjoyment or pleasure living and you think Euthanasia is the answer to your problems. Euthanasia is the practice of assisted suicide, in order to relieve pain or suffering. Euthanasia has been a controversial topic due to its apparent infringement of a person’s…

episodes of pain, swelling, warmth, and stiffness in the joints. The episodes are unpredictable and can last from hours to weeks. Episodes can happen weeks to months apart. In about half of people who have this condition, episodes happen more and more often with time. These people are at risk for developing rheumatoid arthritis, a disease that causes pain, swelling, and stiffness in the joints. CAUSES The cause of this condition is not known. SYMPTOMS Symptoms of this condition include:…

client who was abusing drugs was complaining of pain he was given the prescribed pain medication but he still complained of the pain after an hour of taking the medication and said he wanted something stronger. I advised him to wait a little longer for the medication to take effect but he refused. I checked the clients MAR and there was an order for an opioid analgesic PRN if the pain scale was a certain level. I examined the client again and he said the pain was at this specific level. I…

unacceptable. Researchers should place and provide animals with best possible living condition in order to have a positive impact on the animals. Also Rollin’s (2012) study found the following: Attention not only to physical needs and control of physical pain, but also to accommodating animal “telos” in a manner that eliminates all forms of “negative mattering” for the animals and provides occasions for “positive mattering”—what we may call “animal happiness”—can go a long way toward making…

Summary of: Superman to the rescue: Simulating physical invulnerability attenuates exclusion-related interpersonal biases In the article, Superman to the rescue: Simulating physical invulnerability attenuates exclusion-related interpersonal biases, the authors, Julie Y. Huang, Joshua M. Ackerman, and John A. Bargh (2013) address the theory that simulating physical invulnerability can affect exclusion-related positive and negative feelings toward in and out-groups. The researchers want to test…

treat all physical pains given to them. As seen in the article, “The Nursing Story”, one of the nurses tending to patient Steven said, “It was so stressful, because there’s no set way to treat pain; you have to find the right cocktail” (Schwartz 3). This was a surprising comment for me as I didn’t realize that there were not a treatment for all pains. As ignorant as I may be to the limitations of medications, the fact that meds cannot help a patient be relieved of their physical pain is…

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…