Psychological pain

Most people have experienced pain. Stubbing a toe, breaking an arm, or hitting one’s head while getting into a car can all result in a varying amount of pain. The unfortunate part about injuries is some take longer to recover from and result in lasting impacts for years. A concussion is an example of an injury that takes much longer to recover from. The physical and mental pain that are side effects to a lengthy recovery process are why concussions seem to be transforming into a major discussion topic in most major sports. The constant physical pain, as well as the lack of mental and emotional stability result in the victim of a concussion to suffer for extended amounts of time. The recovery process, as well as outside influences make the long…

expressions of joy and helpless agitation. While he was unconscious, someone had stolen his watch” (Remarque, 13). The moral decay in the hospital shoes because now Kemmerich is scared to keep any of his belongings in the hospital because he thinks they will be stolen like his watch was. Also, throughout the course of the book, Paul and his comrades go through ransacked houses and take food and clothing and beds from them, which also shows moral decay and mental pain because they cannot tell…

get up because the weight of your equipment is crushing you. Of course, you don’t have to run the entirety of the game, but you will have to run out of your crease to facilitate plays and help your team get the ball. Pain Pain is the name of the goalie game. You’re saving a solid rubber ball coming at you at bullet-speeds, so you are guaranteed ugly, black bruises and a couple of cracked ribs. There aren’t any tips to avoid pain. There is no avoiding the throbbing pain after you’ve…

The statement- chronic pain should be seen solely a medical problem utilising only biomedical interventions is incorrect. Literature suggests that treating the condition with the biomedical approach alone will fail to address underlying psychological mechanisms fueling pain symptoms, resulting in potential failure to overcome it completely. In prolonged pain situations, Kerns, Thorn & Dixon (2006) acknowledge that there’s a high probability that sufferers will become susceptible to a…

barriers to pain management Intro Pain is one of the most common symptoms of cancer, and one of the most challenging subjects for health professionals including Radiation Therapists to address when treating patients. It is important to recognise that pain is ‘an intensely personal experience with biological, psychological and social components’, which is entirely subjective to the person who experiences it. Despite the development of “novel analgesics and updated pain guidelines”, recent studies…

Identify one intervention that can be taken by the RN to reduce the stigma and improve management of acute and chronic pain associated with Sickle Cell Disease, (SCD). One intervention that comes to my mind after reading the articles would be recognizing the cues to an acute pain episode and responding appropriately and in a timely manner (Jenerette & Ataga, 2014). By doing so, it could help manage the chronic pain associated with sickle cell disease. Patients with SCD are often stigmatized as…

“Peripheral Neuropathy is a result of damage to the peripheral nerves, often causing weakness, numbness and pain, usually in the hands and feet” (Mayo Clinic, 2014). This essay presents the topic of the complication of peripheral neuropathy associated with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Peripheral neuropathy has both physiological and psychological effects on the patient. It is the role of the nurse to deliver care to the patient and their family through a biopsychosocial…

mindfulness-meditation, 2) placebo conditioning, 3) sham mindfulness-meditation, or 4) book-listening control intervention. Psychophysical assessments of pain were used to examine the efficacy of each treatment, showing that while mindfulness-meditation, placebo, and sham mindfulness-meditation all significantly alleviated pain perception (when compared to the control condition), mindfulness mediation reduced pain ratings more than both placebo and sham mindfulness-meditation. In what could be…

Pain is one of the most common reasons why patients reach out for medical care. Pain tolerance varies from patient to patient. Pain has sensory and emotional building blocks that are categorized as acute or chronic pain. Acute pain is usually associated with anxiety and increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system. Examples include tachycardia, increased blood pressure, increased respiratory rate, dilated pupils, and diaphoresis. Acute pain is often a response to tissue injury, which…

Although the literature is filled with information about the prevalence and incidence of back pain in general there is less information about chronic low back pain, partly because of lack of agreement about the definition. Chronic back pain sometimes is defined as back pain that lasts longer than 7-12 weeks. Others define is as pain that lasts beyond the expected period of healing, and acknowledge the chronic pain may not have well-defined underlying pathological causes. Others classify…