Sentences with phrase «pain patients because»

Relieving pain may improve sleep — but you might need help Pat Skiba, RN, 45, of Shelton, Conn., became a patient advocate for chronic pain patients because of her own battle with injury and insomnia.

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(Because if pain is a «fifth vital sign,» it is the only one that requires a patient's own testimony to measure.)

One - vignette: a dying cancer patient, a man in his forties, demanded to be placed on his feet (he was in great pain) and was obeyed because of his moral authority.

When the Canadian Supreme Court conjured in its governing Charter the right to receive euthanasia for virtually any diagnosed condition that causes «irremediable suffering» — a term that includes «psychological pain,» disability, and suffering that is deemed irremediable because alleviating treatment is refused by the patient — I hoped Canadian doctors would revolt.

It sucks that they don't work for everyone and I guarantee you that every nurse and doctor who was working with your friend had a lot of sympathy for her because it is absolutely no fun to see your patient in pain and to not be able to give her what she wanted.

If a patient has chronic back pain I send them to Physical Therapy because PT is not infected.

But don't criticize the people offering them or advocating for them — it is abhorrent to think that they do it based on faulty science, or because they're financially motivated / lazy / hate women / have deep rooted psychological hangups that make them want to inflict unnecessary pain on patients.

Doctors offer pain relief because that's what they would want for themselves and it's what most patients want, but if a patient declines it that's fine too.

It is not uncommon for the pregnant patient to complain about pain moving down the buttock and the leg because of compression of sciatic nerve.

Anesthesiologists give it to patients because it causes a pain - free state without slowing breathing.

However, treatment of pain and the administration of opioids in the ED can be challenging for physicians because of a lack of familiarly with the patient, time constraints and concerns about patient safety.

The study used clinical measurements for maximum reliability in identifying heart attacks, because symptoms are masked by pain - killing drugs in more than 50 percent of patients who have heart attacks after surgery.

Because the study focused on high risk patients, the results may not apply to all who have chest pain.

«Because pain pathways throughout the body are amplified in fibromyalgia patients, pain can occur anywhere, so chronic headaches, visceral pain and sensory hyper - responsiveness are common in people with this painful condition,» said Clauw.

The situation is problematic because patients don't realise that their incorrect back position is provoking pain.

Because ineffective treatment is associated with pain, stiffness, disability and reduced quality of life, this will lead to better patient care.»

The «other victims» of the opioid epidemic are pain patients who need the drugs but can not now get them because of fears related to their use

«If we understand sunburn better, we can understand pain better because what plagues my patients day in and day out is what temporarily affects otherwise healthy people who suffer from sunburn.»

«This study convincingly demonstrates the need to prioritize pain relief because that is what patients want,» Markman said.

Because the brain lacks pain receptors, the patients needed no anesthesia.

Furthermore, nurses can also have become anxious in anticipation of treatment because they know the patient is going to experience pain at their hand.

Because both drugs are approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration, physicians have tested the combination with patients, resulting in anecdotal reports of significantly improved pain management, Dr. White said.

Because high doses of opioids have the potential to cause respiratory arrest or other dangerous side effects, doctors may hesitate to give patients as much of the drugs as they need to relieve their pain, says David Soergel, chief medical officer at Trevena.

I would advise anyone in a painful situation to get a good pain doctor because they arent afraid to write prescriptions for pain patients who really need it.

Liz is a patient who joined my medical practice at 36 because she was popping doctor - prescribed Percocet before breakfast, taking several ibuprofen before lunch, and adding another round of narcotics in the late afternoon — all to cope with her chronic pelvic pain.

The researchers said Plaquenil may not be effective in these patients because much of their hand pain may be due to tendon problems rather than arthritis.

Patients with critical limb ischemia have leg pain even when resting and sores that don't heal because of lack of circulation, Lookstein said.

But there are exceptions: Because NSAIDs are so effective, cardiologists often allow even high - risk heart patients to take them — under their oversight — to resolve the intense pain of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.

Celiac patients can also develop headaches, tingling, fatigue, muscle pain, skin rashes, joint pain, and other symptoms, because the autoimmune attack at the root of the disease gradually erodes the wall of the intestine, leading to poor absorption of iron, folate, and other nutrients that affect everything from energy to brain function.

On the other hand, a patient with severe angina may want to opt for a bypass because it offers the best chance for pain relief.

«With those patients frequently ending up in the emergency room or the clinic because of recurrent chest pain, when you drill down, often there are family or interpersonal conflicts and, when you bring those out into the open, the problem tends to resolve.»

â $ Massage therapy is very helpful for cancer patients because it reduces pain, fatigue, anxiety, and depression.

Because conventional medical therapies have not been shown to offer much long term relief for IC patients, sufferers often turn to alternative means to treat their ongoing pain.

One of my patients recently went to an emergency room because she was experiencing abdominal pain.

And I had a patient just maybe a month or two ago came in with severe RA, had multiple surgeries on her spine and hands because of the actual disfigurement and she had been on gluten - free diets, but then we kind of upped it one notch with a true gluten - free diet or an autoimmune diet following a lot of the same tenets in your book and her pain, 30 - year pain, literally vanished in little less than a month.

And I have so many patients that we even go grain - free but there's one element because you talk about the pain in your — in your book, all about pain.

Physical therapists assess this lumbar curve in patients with neck pain, shoulder pain, lower back pain, pelvic pain, hip pain and more because it is often the root of the cause of chronic pain and dysfunction.

Patients of fibromyalgia should also avoid taking alcohol in the evening because alcohol usually affects the quality of their sleep which further worsens the symptoms such as pain and fatigue.

This recall form is highly recommended because it is not designed to calculate calories, but simply to determine if the patient with pain is eating any protein.

That's because patients often have multiple, overlapping conditions, he says: «For instance, we may work on back pain, but the client also ends up sleeping better and becomes happier.»

In addition to pain, patients suffering from rotator cuff tear often experience a gradual reduction in functional ability because of decreasing shoulder range of motion that makes simple everyday tasks such as combing one's hair, fastening a brassiere, or reaching overhead quite difficult.

«I feel more confident in my ability to treat the complex pelvic pain or bowel patients after taking the course because I have the education to back up what I am telling my patients about nutrition.»

Up until that time, and the time varies from patient to patient, Scheuermann's disease may go undetected because pain is not really associated with the condition until the discs begin to deteriorate and rub against the spinal nerve.

Painful patients are reluctant to move and often refuse to lie down or stand up because they anticipate pain associated with changing position (FIGURE 2).

Because technicians have the most contact with patients, they are in an ideal position to monitor and address pain.

Rehabilitation technicians or nurses must be skilled at recognizing pain in feline patients because therapy will have little to no benefit if the patient is in pain.

Because cats are stoic and hide pain well, feline patients may not receive enough pain medication.

Additionally, because we know that stress can exacerbate pain while cats are hospitalized, both before and after surgery, many of our patients are also given medication to help reduce anxiety and to address any pre-existing pain for 12 to 24 hours before and after surgery.

Due to the persistence of SM and / or spinal cord dorsal horn damage it is likely that the post-operative patient will also require continuing medical management for pain relief and in some patients medical management alone is chosen because of financial reasons or owner preference.

It usually happens Because of the hypersensitivity due to the damage on spinothalamic pathways and / or dorsal horn neurons Abnormal sensitivity in head, shoulder, neck, axillar and sternal regions is prominent in several patients with syringomyelia but pain severity is not directly correlated with the amount of the fluid inside the spinal cord.