This helpful glossary will familiarize you with the most commonly used terms associated with pain and pain management, and can prove especially helpful when you are communicating with healthcare professionals.
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It is helpful to tell the difference between the two basic types of pain: acute (short term) and chronic (long term). Generally speaking, acute pain results from disease, inflammation, or injury to tissues. Chronic pain is widely believed to represent disease itself. Also included here is a thorough listing of virtually every type of pain and what distinguishes it from other types/sources of pain.
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If you or a loved one suffers from chronic pain, integrative medicine can be a very effective approach to pain management. Integrative medicine combines the concepts of mind, body, spirit, and community and supports the theory of healing rather than attempting to cure an illness. You’ll find brief descriptions of various integrative therapies, including yoga, chiropractic, biofeedback, acupuncture, meditation, and more.
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As a patient, you have the right to appropriate treatment and care that will relieve your pain. The list here represents steps that you or your caregiver can take when pain is uncontrolled, from speaking with the assigned nurse, or the head nurse of the unit, to filing a complaint with the hospital director’s office.
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