Your Comprehensive Guide to Pain Management

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Controlling chronic pain and keeping it under
check can be hard. Most patients are not sure
about the overall process and approach to pain
management, which is why they frequently rely on
medications and painkillers for quick relief. In
this post, we will talk about pain management and
things that matter the most.
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Chronic pain can be associated with a number of
conditions, not limited to arthritis, unsuspected
injuries, cancer treatments, and other old and
unhealed injuries. If you have consistent pain
in one of your body parts for more than a month
that doesnt seem to improve, you should consider
visiting a pain management doctor.
There are a wide range of options available, and
in most cases, doctors often rely on multiple
treatments, depending on the facts of the case.
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Pain is physical, and it can impact different
people in a different way. For example, if a
certain patient is depressed about chronic pain,
his feeling and emotional state will be different
from someone else, who has suffered an unexpected
injury. The whole process of pain management is
based on many criteria. First things first, the
doctor will consider the possible need for
additional test and diagnosis. This is important
for determining the overall nature and extent of
treatment. He may also suggest a few initial
things and lifestyle changes, so as to understand
the response of the patient. If the pain is too
severe, he may also offer additional medicines to
decrease the inflammation, so as to reduce the
overall discomfort.
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The first and obvious treatment for pain is
medications. In many cases, doctors may consider
benzodiazepines and narcotics, but these aren't
meant for long-term relief from chronic pain.
Typically, patients can have one of the
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as
Naprosyn or ibuprofen, to minimize an unexpected
bout of pain. In some cases, doctors may use
Tylenol for treatment, while for many patients
antidepressants are more than necessary to help
symptoms. The short-term use of steroids is not
uncommon either.
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The next option is therapy. You will find clinics
that specialize in pain management, but here, the
doctors are not focused on medications. Yes,
medications might be necessary, but it is more
about therapy. This includes physical therapy and
acupuncture, where a therapist will decide the
right range of exercises for the patient, so that
he can manage his condition at home. In some
cases, cognitive-behavioral therapy is more than
important, as well.
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Then we have the choice of interventional pain
medicine, in which chronic pain is treated with
minimum invasive interventions. This can be
anything from neuroaugmentation or use of facet
joint injections and radiofrequency ablation,
based on the patients case and requirements.
Interventional pain management is getting popular
by the day, especially for patients who have
limited choices.
Finally, doctors may also rely on other
treatments and therapies that may reduce the
psychological impact of pain. This can be
anything from relaxation techniques, meditation,
cold and heat therapy, and massage and so on.
Its important to seek help at the earliest,
because initial pain related conditions are easy
to detect and manage.
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