Alternative Diagnostic Model

Chronic pain is often defined as pain lasting more than 12 weeks. It may arise from initial injury, such as a back sprain, or there may be an ongoing issue such as illness. The assignment given consisted of finding a person who suffers from chronic pain to explore the ideas of illness classification, the experience of pain and explanatory models. The interview process was executed on September 17, 2016 via face time lasting approximately 45 minutes in length. She gave me her oral consent for this interview. I explained that this information would be used for a chronic pain paper. (American Chronic Pain Association) The subject is a 53 year old, Caucasian, upper middle class female currently in treatment for melanoma cancer. Currently, no disease

Chronic pain has four mechanisms. Nociception is a neural signal of threatened or damaged tissue, and is the classical pain pathway. Central pain states are thought to be caused by abnormal activity in neurons in the afferent pathway. The mechanism for this is not completely understood, and a person may perceive pain where there is no tissue damage. Behavioral pain is communicated by a

The cause of pain can be puzzling and is not always related to specific pathology (Croft et al.,

They will receive medication management to stabilize their mood. Treatments like counseling, family programs and continuous monitoring are available to help patients recover

According to The World Health Organisation (1999), defined pain as an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. Pain is traditionally described as acute or chronic pain. The prevalence of chronic pain (CP) is higher than of acute of pain, as it affects 7.8 million people of all ages in the UK (Chronic Pain Policy Coalition., 2006). The current leading cause of mortality that is accounting for 60% of all deaths is due to chronic diseases and is also a problem as causes an increasing burden on the health care service (World Health Organisation., 2007). CP can affect a person’s quality of life if managed poorly, statistics shows that 25% of people lose their job and 22% leads to depression. (Chronic Pain Policy Coalition.,

Treatment is known to start with recognition and acceptance of the addict. Self-diagnosis is “often requiring the addict to be the subject of an intervention or face potential criminal consequences for not complying with treatment” (Inaba 9.14.) In other words, the entire acceptance process is basically trying to make the client understand what they’re doing to themselves. It’s also stating that if the client does not follow through with the treatment, they will feel the raft for not doing so. The good thing about this acceptance process is if the addict doesn’t want to follow through with the treatment process, they have a back-up plan. That back-up plan consisted of SUB diagnostic tools. These tools “will help support and confirm the need

Chronic pain describes pain that persists over long periods of time. It handicaps the normal lifestyle and quality of one’s life (http://www.asri.edu/neuro/brochure/pain1.htm).

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Chronic Pain is an interesting problem in society today. The exact cause of Chronic Pain is not the same in every patient. In fact most patients present with different symptoms and associated pathologies, such as the strong link with depression. Treatment of Chronic Pain is often performed a single practitioner whether that be a Medical Doctor, Chiropractor, Nutritionist, or an alternative health care professional. Chronic Pain is often extremely complex, because of this treatment needs to be multidimensional. Effective care of Chronic Pain requires the collective cooperation of health care professionals

After completing module six, the most important concept I find is “diagnosing”. I believe it is the first step as a leader to develop and inspire my followers to be more effective. Diagnosing requires that I understand the situation of my organization and my subordinates. In order for me to be an effective leader, I must recognize that diagnosing is a cognitive skill for me to understand my flight’s current situation and what future expectation of my Airmen. In my work center, I am the Flight Chief and Non-commission Officer in Charge so I supervise two Staff Sergeants (SSgt). Therefore, I know what my subordinate are capable of and I know what my subordinates potential for growth are. In addition to knowing the situation, I must know the “status of my people” and then later the “status of my environment” to effectively use diagnosis.

The classification of chronic pain include three wide classes: first one is pain due to tissue disease or damage (nociceptive pain, such as osteoarthritis), second is pain caused by abnormality in somatosensory system (neuropathic pain, such as diabetic neuropathy), and the last one is eistance of both of nociceptive and neuropathic pain (mixed pain, such as chronic radicular back pain) (Baron et al.

Inheritance may play a significant role in human pain, though most of painful disorders are triggered by known or yet unidentified environmental factors. Chronic pain provides the best illustration of the interaction between nature and nurture when it comes to pain. Inflammatory and/or nerve damages are suspected to be the etiology of most chronic pain syndromes like osteoarthritis, diabetic neuropathy, or postherpetic neuralgia, but only a small proportion of those subjected to such injuries actually develop chronic pain, and the degree of pain severity varies a lot across patients. Genes may predispose some to more intense or more chronic pain, but the environment, in turn, can shape the genetic effects. One of the most important environmental

The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage” (1979). Pain is actually the culprit behind warranting a visit to a physician office for many people (Besson, 1999). Notoriously unpleasant, pain could also pose a threat as both a psychological and economic burden (Phillips, 2006). Sometimes pain does happen without any damage of tissue or any likely diseased state. The reasons for such pain are poorly understood and the term used to describe such type of pain is “psychogenic pain”. Also, the loss of productivity and daily activity due to pain is also significant. Pain engulfs a trillion dollars of GDP for lost work time and disability payments (Melnikova, 2010). Untreated pain not only impacts a person suffering from pain but also impacts their whole family. A person’s quality of life is negatively impacted by pain and it diminishes their ability to concentrate, work, exercise, socialize, perform daily routines, and sleep. All of these negative impacts ultimately lead to much more severe behavioral effects such as depression, aggression, mood alterations, isolation, and loss of self-esteem, which pose a great threat to human society.

Talking about chronic pain without telling how it starts will not be helpful. According to Richeimer and Stelligo (2014), chronic pain doesn’t happen to everybody. Some people develop chronically painful conditions in their lifetime while others don’t. Research has shown the difference between people who experience chronic pain compared to those who may not have it is related to genetic and several other factors.

Pain is a basic mechanism in life that helps the body identify that something is wrong or dangerous. Without pain, the body would be severely damaged without realizing it. Pain can become an inconvenience when it spirals out of control; chronic pain, for example, leaves many miserable and unable to enjoy life to its fullest extent even with traditional medical intervention. Around 80% of people report chronic pain in their lifetime (Holtzman & Beggs, 2013). People afflicted by chronic back pain turn to modern medicine for relief, but even these alternatives are not always 100% effective.