Too Much Pain

Pain Relief Preoperatively and Postoperatively Everyone experiences pain differently, and you have the right to have your pain evaluated and managed. If you have questions, problems, or concerns about pain that you may feel before surgery (preoperatively) or after surgery (postoperatively), tell your health care provider. Severe pain after surgery—and the fear or worry associated with that pain—may cause extreme discomfort that: • Prevents sleep. • Decreases the ability to breathe deeply…

Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) evaluates hospitals on their compliance of pain control of patients, in particular the emergency department. Many hospitals that I have worked at feel that they have to give the patient what they want for pain or will face the consequences of retribution from JCAHO. Patients are very aware of this standard that has been set so if they do not feel their pain was treated appropriately they threaten to call JCAHO to report noncompliance. This is…

Mr. Morrison is coming in today to follow up for his chronic back pain. SUBJECTIVE This started a few years back. Following some snowmobile incidents. He had used heroin and gabapentin to treat the pain in the past. Today he comes in says he still has pain. He has been taking his amitriptyline not using the Mobic too much as it upset his stomach and he said it did not help very much and just looking for relief of his back pain. Overall, he says he is able to get through the day and do…

What is the purpose of the hip pain treatment? What is the right treatment for a hipache is determined on the one hand by its causes, on the other hand also by the severity of the disease. PraxisVITA explains the factors that play a role. In addition to the causes of the complaints, the age and overall health of the patient also play a role in the treatment of hip pain. For example, at a osteoarthritis of the hip: In many cases, conservative therapy - that is, a hip pain treatment without…

Patient with chronic pain needs followup after medicine changes from his last visit and to decide whether or not injection therapy at this point is still required. The patient is a 62-year-old male being followed by myself. He has over a four-year history of lower back pain with progressive radiation down the posterior aspect of the thighs and into the calves as well as the soles of the feet. He states that the pain was sharp and lancinating with an ice pick type of a nature followed by a…

Specific or Non-Specific Back Pain Let’s take a closer look at back pain, what it is and what it can be. First of all the simplest differentiating characteristics will be whether the pain is acute or chronic. If the pain is chronic then that means it is a persisting, long lasting pain. It often lasts longer than it is expected to even though the injured area has been treated. Not necessarily something suffered daily but something suffered routinely. If the pain is acute that means it gets…

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…

motion from a past injury, a massage therapist can loosen up muscles and lessen chronic pain. Tennis elbow in particular can be mitigated through massage, and the malady itself can be caused by too much keyboard use, not just too much tennis…

Editor’s Note These five poems were selected for their commentary on suffering, pain, and madness. Dickinson seems to have an unusual view on these topics because she views them not as purely negative, but rather as honest and having the ability to edify those have borne them. In some ways, Dickinson seems to portray them as natural reactions and alternatives to the stoicism and artificiality of society. It is interesting to consider how these topics affected Emily Dickinson specifically as a…

The controversial topic of assisted suicide is often considered when dealing with an inoperable or incurable cancer, such as brain or lung cancer. The suffering of these cancers is excruciating and the waiting for death to take away their pain feels like an eternity. Assisted suicide provides an option to illnesses where death is the inevitable outcome. For example, lung cancer eats away at a person’s lungs making it extremely hard or nearly impossible to breath, making each breath feel like it…