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» Modalities for Pain Management

By PainsWeb Admin | Published 04/19/2007 | Chronic Pain - Pain Management | Rating:

The use of hot and cold modalities, which the patient can safely use at home, should be encouraged. The use of devices or treatments that require the help of other persons or professional settings, such as ultrasound or massage, are best reserved for acute pain syndromes or intermittently painful chronic conditions.

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» Diabetic Neuropathy Symptoms and Treatments

By Sam Carson | Published 03/18/2007 | Diabetic Neuropathy | Unrated

Diabetic neuropathy is damage to the nerves in people with diabetes. The cause is decreased blood flow and high blood sugar levels. People who do not control their blood sugar level run a very high risk of developing diabetic neuropathy. It is estimated that 50% of people with diabetes will eventually develop diabetic neuropathy.

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» Relieve Chronic Back Pain

By Sam Carson | Published 03/14/2007 | Back Pain (Lumbar) - Sciatica , Chronic Pain - Pain Management | Unrated

There are two different types of pain. First there is acute pain. This is defined as pain that is the result of an injury, illness, recent surgery or inflammation. Acute pain is only temporary and usually goes away after the underlying cause has been resolved. The second type of pain is chronic pain. This pain is defined as pain that overwhelms all other symptoms and becomes the problem. It is a pain that can last for weeks, months or even years. Chronic pain is said to be the most costly health problem in America today. Estimated annual costs, which include medical expenses, lost productivity and compensation payments, are estimated at $90 billion. A good percentage of the chronic pain sufferers have back pain.

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» Alternative Cancer Treatments

By Sam Carson | Published 02/1/2007 | Cancer Pain , Alternative Medicine | Unrated

When people think of cancer treatments, the most likely things to come to mind are probably chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Most people would be surprised to know that there are natural cancer treatments that can actually cure cancer.

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» Herniated Discs

By Sam Carson | Published 12/31/2006 | Neck Pain (Cervical) , Back Pain (Lumbar) - Sciatica | Unrated

Herniated discs is a pathological condition when a rip or tear in the outer ring of the intervertebral disc that permits the soft part of the disc to stick out of the inside of the disc. The other names that are associated with the herniated discs are ruptured discs and prolapsed disc.

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» Diabetic neuropathy

By PainsWeb Admin | Published 05/1/2007 | Diabetic Neuropathy | Rating:

There has been a steady decline in the number of deaths of diabetic patients attributable to ketoacidosis and infection, but an alarming rise in the number of the deaths from cardiovascular and renal complications. Long-term complications are becoming more common as more people live longer with diabetes. The long-term complications of diabetes can affect almost every organ system of the body. The general categories of chronic diabetic complications are macrovascular disease, microvascular disease, and neuropathy.

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» Medical and Nursing Management for Shingles

By PainsWeb Admin | Published 04/28/2007 | Shingles | Rating:

The goals of shingles or herpes zoster management are to relieve the pain and to reduce or avoid complications. Pain is controlled with analgesics, because adequate pain control during the acute phase helps prevent persistent pain patterns. Systemic corticosteroids may be prescribed for patients older than age 50 years to reduce the incidence and duration of postherpetic neuralgia (persistent pain of the affected nerve after healing). Healing usually occurs sooner in those who have been treated with corticosteroids. Triamcinolone (Aristocort, Kenacort, Kenalog) injected subcutaneously under painful areas is effective as an anti-inflammatory agent.

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» The Pain Questionnaire

By PainsWeb Admin | Published 04/26/2007 | Chronic Pain - Pain Management | Rating:

The McGill Pain Questionnaire is the most widely used and popular in evaluating pain. It evaluates three major classes of word descriptions - sensory, affective, and evaluative - that patients use to specify their subjective pain experience.

It has a built-in intensity scale. Multiple reports in the literature have evaluated this method of pain measurement, and it has been used extensively in clinical evaluation and treatment trials.

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» Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

By PainsWeb Admin | Published 04/24/2007 | Tools | Unrated

TENS at rates of 50 to 100 Hz produces analgesia that is not reversible by naloxone. Stimulation of large myelinated fibers presumably blocks nociceptive transmission at the level of the spinothalamic tract cell bodies.

TENS can produce neuromodulation by three routes: presynaptic inhibition of the spinal cord, direct inhibition on an excited, abnormally firing nerve, or restoration of afferent input.

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» Vocational Rehabilitation of Pain

By PainsWeb Admin | Published 04/22/2007 | Tools | Unrated

Vocational counseling is an important component of the psychological approach to chronic pain. Each patient is evaluated to determine work history, educational background, vocation skills and abilities, and motivation to return to work.

The vocational counselor can determine whether past work skills and current aptitudes can be transferred to alternative occupations if necessary. The vocational counselor works with the patient regarding legal rights and obligations for each state such as workers’ compensation, and helps the patient set realistic vocational goals.

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