Literature Review: Does Effective Pain Management Improve the Overall Quality of Life? What is pain? Generally, it is an unpleasant sensory feeling that is triggered by the body's nervous system in response to an adverse affect and is often categorized as acute or chronic. Because of the many different aspects of pain, it varies from each individual. Experiences that may cause pain in one individual may or may not cause pain at the same level which makes this a highly subjective symptom. Previously, medical professionals relied solely on their patients report of pain. However, as time and medicine have evolved, pain has been incorporated into general patient assessments and has further been referred to as the fifth vital sign, …show more content…
Many break through devices have surfaced the market in hopes of being the "miracle" treatment for chronic pain sufferers. One type of electrical device, a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, better known as the TENS unit, surfaced in the 16th century and was used primarily to treat headaches as well as other pains (Wikipedia). It has become a popular device that is frequently prescribed by orthopedic physicians and neurosurgeons to treat both acute and chronic pain. More recently, healthcare professionals have introduced a similar device, the Calmare pain therapy treatment. This electronic device sends signals through electrodes placed on the body that stimulate nerves in pain area. Through use of the device, the body's pain signals are masked, reducing or eliminating the pain syndrome. Though still under investigation and being trialed in limited areas of the country, there are reports of complete pain relief. Examples of patient reports include: A lifelong skier who suffered a back injury as well as a crushing knee injury and had underwent six failed surgeries with unresolved pain relief reported that after receiving the Calmare treatment, she was pain free and felt that the treatments were a "miracle". A mother who suffered severe reflex sympathy dystrophy, a debilitating disease of the nervous system that causes chronic pain, is progressive and cannot be cured, reported pain relief up to two weeks at a time before requiring a
1. It is important that we take into consideration, areas other than physical pain and have an holistic approach. Pain is whatever the person who is suffering it feels it to be. Physical pain can be experienced as a result of disease or injury, or some other form of bodily distress. For example childbirth. Although not associated with injury or disease, but can be an extremely painful experience. Pain can also be social, emotional and spiritual as well as just physical.
To most people, pain is a nuisance, but to others pain controls their life. The feeling discomforts us in ways that can sometimes seem almost imaginable. These feelings can lead to many different side effects if not dealt with or diagnosed. These effects can include depression, anxiety, and incredible amount of stress. The truth about pain is that it is vital to our existence. Without the nervous system responding to pain, we would have no idea if we were touching a hot stove, being stuck by a porcupine’s needles, or something else that could leave a lasting effect upon our bodies without us even knowing anything about it.
Pain: one of the most crippling emotions that the human can experience. Pain is caused in many ways. There is emotional pain and physical pain. The soldiers of the Vietnam War felt both of these types of pain during their one
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.,
Are you in pain? You’re not alone, many are in pain. It is estimated pain is the largest epidemic we face, as we spend billions on medication and surgeries. Unfortunately, these treatments are often not successful, resulting in greater cost with minimal gain.
Pain is a fundamental and inevitable form of human suffering, the experience which is unique to every individual.
The NANDA (North American Nurses Diagnosis) definition of pain is “The state in which an individual experiences and reports the presence of severe discomfort or an uncomfortable sensation. A highly subjective state in which a variety of unpleasant sensations and a wide range of distressing factors may be experienced by the sufferer.” (Gradishar, Muzio, Filipski, & Klopp, 2012).According to the Merriam-Webster collegiate Dictionary (2014), the word pain has three definitions. The first is the “physical feeling caused by disease, injury, or something that hurts the body. The mental or emotional suffering/ as well as someone or something that causes trouble or makes you feel angry.” (Merriam-Webster, 2014).
Pain management in burn unit hospitals continues to be a major challenge for many hospitalized patients of all ages. Patients who are required to be hospitalized are usually ones who have moderate to severe burns that result in traumatic tissue damages. The topic of this research paper will be about pain management in patients with burns. The purpose of this paper is stated in following as a patient intervention comparison and outcome (PICO) format, in patients with severe burns who requires routine dressing changes, how does the combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management compare to using pharmacological pain management alone affect the patient’s overall pain experience?
Chronic pain relief has now emerged with new and great techniques and treatments. The researchers and surgeons are now enhanced with effective drugs to implant and electrical stimulation. The birth of chronic pain can be due to various reasons like from an accident affecting much too sensitive veins and muscles, back injuries, an injury caused while playing sport, and chronic pain can also be occur from health conditions like migraines, diabetes, arthritis, shingles, and cancer. It is not important that a person will be suffering from chronic pain only; he may suffer from acute pain too. The acute pain causes are
Pain is the last vital sign but it important because it reveals a lot about a person’s health. It not only affects a person’s physical health but their mental health as well. Things like mood, activity, sleep, hygiene, appetite, and the ability to focus and concentrate. Experiencing pain varies between everyone because what may be excruciating to someone may seem moderate to the other. Doctors may ask questions like Where is the pain? What kind of pain is it: sharp, dull, aching, throbbing, shooting burning, etc.? When did it start? What makes it worse? What helps ease it?, and How does it affect your life?
Pain is defined as, “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from an actual or potential issue damage” (Fink, 2000, p. 236). As of 2016, this is the most current definition of pain because it addresses pain as being subjective, but there is also an understanding that there are biological mechanisms involved that
Although chronic pain patients have a low risk of addiction to opioid drugs against, but many doctors who have a fear of drug abuse, making it difficult for patients to get the medicines they need.
What is pain and how does our pain correlate with our personalities? Is pain considered an existing factor when determining ones personality? When you ask a close friend or family member what their definition of pain is they will often times say something that hurts or something that causes you to feel emotionally upset. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, pain is considered anything that can cause emotional or physical suffering or discomfort (Merriam-Webster). Pain can be considered that of a heart break which would result in emotional discomfort or a broken bone in which may cause physical discomfort or suffering.
Pain, a state no one wants to be in. The scientific definition by the International Association for the Study of Pain is referred as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.”
What is pain, pain is an intensive feeling we feel when something distressing is happening to our body. Pain management is how we treat the pain that we feel in our body. In today hospitals care of patients the staff is becoming more judgmental toward patients with pain problems instead of treating the condition. Nurses and doctors are supposed to make patients feel comfortable about their treatments and not feeling like they are being judge for asking for pain medication. Being in pain and having to come to the hospital patients are vulnerable, and the last thing a patient wants is to be turn away because the staff doesn’t believe what is going on.