Pain control is the second nursing priority for Candace that needs attention. Women who undergo caesarean section experience high levels of pain during the first 24 hours post-operation (Acton‚ 2011). One study suggests that those women need more adequate pain relief than other surgical patients because women start to breastfeed and look after their infants while they are still recovering from major abdominal surgery (Shahraki‚ Jabalameli‚ & Ghaedi‚ 2012). Inadequate postoperative pain control during
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This literature review will be looking at an assortment of scholarly articles available online in order to investigate the effects of different kinds of chronic joint pain‚ their causes and different methods of treatment with varying levels of effectiveness and acceptance by the medical community. Chronic joint pain is primarily caused by arthritis‚ the common name for over 200 diseases and conditions that cause swelling and inflammation of joints and surrounding tissues. The most common forms of
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Arthritis pain can be caused by many factors and affects everyone differently. The inflammation process causes redness and swelling in joints and around her‚ over time it begins to damage the joint and the joint tissues. This results in the arthritis pain that is caused by stress on your joints‚ which can begin to cause injury and pressure that can become unbearable. People have been known to become stressed or even depressed as a result of limited circulation and are not able to do activities that
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Although relatively new in Western medicine‚ acupuncture was developed over 3‚000 years ago in China. Used to treat just about everything from nausea to pain‚ acupuncture has become one of the most popular‚ and most intriguing‚ medical treatments at the moment. If you’re suffering from chronic pain‚ you might be considering trying this ancient‚ and often effective‚ practice‚ but first‚ you may be interested in finding how and why it works. How Acupuncture Works Acupuncture is based on the traditional
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my hand reaches for the metal bucket.I squeeze the side of my rib in hopes of lessening the pain but it gets worse. It gets really worse. Unable to bear it any longer‚my knees buckle and I fall on the hardwood floor.My hands grip my sides‚hoping to stop the sudden pain‚but my attempts are futile. My bones crack as I crouch down in agony.But I know I can’t stay on the floor any longer.So despite my pain‚I crawl slowly towards the fire place and remove the remaining ashes.The cracking of my ligaments
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is a term used to describe the interconnected maze of nerves that carry the painful stimulus to all the different areas of the brain such as the central cortex‚ thalamus and limbic system that are involved in perceiving‚ reacting to and regulating pain. (Keefe‚ Abernethy & Campbell 2005‚ Melzack 2005‚ 2001‚ 1999‚ Moseley 2003) Essentially three different areas of information feed into the neuromatrix. 1. Sensory information from our physical body (skin‚ muscle‚ organs etc). 2. Cognitive
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I must admit that I do not fully understand why Lewis chose to include a chapter about animal pain in this book. To me it has no value in his argument about why Man must suffer the problem of pain‚ and seems to not expand the subject at all. While I find this chapter unnecessary‚ I cannot honestly say that upon further readings‚ discussions or thoughts‚ that my opinion will not change‚ but that at the present time this chapter seems wholly out of place in his argument. Lewis closes the book with
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Pain Veronica Tran Essay #1 Psy 1 (#48954) Pain Everyone everywhere will experience pain; whether it is everyday or once a week. Paper cuts‚ pinches‚ or even simply jamming your fingers between your door‚ are all painful accidents. Pain is the undesirable feeling; the red alert which signals our attention to something unfavorable happening to our bodies. Our bodies can detect pain by nocioceptors. Nocioceptors are special nerve receptors designed for stimuli that are encountered as painful
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Lusk Defintion Essay Pain No matter who you are‚ what you have and what you’ve achieved in life‚ we’ve all felt pain somewhere in our life. What is pain? Pain is one of the six universal emotions alongside happiness‚ sadness‚ surprise‚ fear‚ disgust and anger. The majority of these emotions indicate a form of pain. Pain is an emotion that feels like a catastrophic turn of events in our body that has damaged a part of our personal life like our world has fallen apart. Pain is an emotion that’s unavoidable
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Pain is described as an “unpleasant physical and emotional experience which signifies tissue damage or the potential for such damage.” Pain is a very important part of dealing with athletic injuries and even though most people have experiences pain‚ it is still more complex than most release. Pain can effect and entire organism and is the altering of the physical and psychological processes. If there is a failure to understand the emotional component of pain can affect the relationship between the
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