her neuropathic pain. She has previously failed gabapentin‚ Cymbalta‚ trazodone‚ and Lyrica. She is unable to tolerate oral medications due to past medical history of stomach surgery due to buildup of bile. She states she has continued benefit with the use of her Lidocaine patches and Voltaren gel‚ only for her chronic pain. Furthermore‚ she reports she has a spinal cord stimulator that is approximately 7 years old and has continued significant relief with its use for chronic pain. The patient previously
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The Skin Senses Consider the skin has remarkable versatility: It protects us against surface injury‚ holds in body fluids‚ and helps regulate body temperature. The skin also contains nerve endings that‚ when stimulated‚ produce sensations of touch‚ pain‚ warmth and cold. Like several other senses‚ these skin senses are connected to the somatosensory cortex located in the brain’s parietal lobes. The Somatosensory Cortex The skin’s sensitivity to stimulation varies tremendously over
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The results cited above plainly reveal that there is some debate about the efficacy of spinal manipulation as a short term and long term curative for chronic low back pain. Many of the studies employed accepted inventories and scales‚ but they also tend to be small. This might explain why no overarching consensus has yet arrived. Spinal manipulative therapy has some critics who are unconvinced that it surpasses other conventional treatment intervention. For example‚ Laura Palomo et al (2012) compared
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Concept Analysis: Pain Victoria McCrady Chamberlain College of Nursing NR501: Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Spring Session B 2013 Concept Analysis: Pain Pain is one of the most common reason patient seek out help. The concept of pain can affect every person is some form or way. Pain can stand alone as a theory or fix with other theories like Comfort‚ Self- care‚ and more. As a surgical nurse I need to have a higher understanding of the patients I care for to ensure they receive
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SCI/163 Chronic Diseases Lung Cancer Chronic diseases such as heart disease‚ cancer‚ and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. In this essay we will describe a chronic disease that affects thousands of people every day and that is the lung cancer. We will discuss the risk factors‚ treatment options and the daily choices we can make to reduce the risk of lung cancer. Lung is the essential respiration organ
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Chronic pain can leave many people looking at surgery to repair damaged joints‚ for some surgery is not an option‚ and that is where other techniques are considered to treat pain that just will not go away with traditional pain relievers. Many doctors perform a procedure called Radiofrequency Ablasion (RFA) to minimize the nerves that signal the pain receptors. Rf Ablasion Edmond is used to help those who suffer from chronic neck and back pain find relief without an invasive surgical procedure that
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practice‚ I still confused about the effect of taping. If we looked about research studies some of them strongly support the effectiveness of the taping on the other hand equally studies against them. Research suggests that taping may help relieve pain‚ but not more than other treatment approaches‚ and there is no evidence that it can reduce disability (1). There are several theoretical benefits claimed for the tape. One of those is correcting the alignment of weak muscles as well as facilitating
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Introduction Pain occurs as a symptom as stimuli activate nociceptors because of an imbalance in the homeostasis of the tissue due to changes in the chemical‚ temperature and mechanical(12‚15‚17). This detection in the surrounding can be altered and therefore cause persistent pain in the body(1) and this sensitisation is therefore increased and modulated(8)‚ such as in the visceral region. An example is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) which has chronic pain as a symptom. A receptor that has been seen
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indicates that she suffers from chronic back pain due to compression fractures. She is followed by Dr.Allan vrable at the spine institute for pain management. She suffers from chronic advanced COPD and is oxygen dependent at 2L/min continuously. She is followed by Dr. Pandya for pulmonary. She suffers from Atrial Fib for which she takes Coumadin. She is follow by Dr. Chalassani for cardiology. He also monitors her Coumadin level monthly. She suffers from co-morbidities of chronic shortness of breath related
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moderate pain‚ moderate to severe pain coupled with opioids‚ and as an antipyretic.1 ADJUNCT SE OF OPIOIDs: Opioids side effects include itching‚ constipation‚ nausea‚ and vomiting‚ respiratory depression.21 The consequences of these side effects can be additional medications to manage‚ increased cost‚ decreased patient satisfaction‚ and increased length of stay.21 A review of the literature was performed using the following keywords: acetaminophen‚ intravenous‚ paracetamol‚ postoperative pain‚ and
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