Common causes and principles for evaluation and therapy in non-pharmacological pain management
April 19, 2010
| Abstract Title: | Common causes and principles for evaluation and therapy in non-pharmacological pain management |
| Authors: | Popa Calin, Maria Puschita, Harja Alexandru |
| Affiliation: | “Vasile Goldis” Western University Arad, Romania |
| Abstract text: | What does it mean to be healthy? Probably each of us has put this question at a time. The simplest answer would be that if we don’t feel the pain it means that we are healthy or in some cases if we feel the pain it means that the body is healthy and it is responding well to varied stimuli. Can we consider ourselves healthy even if we don’t have a headache, stomachache or pain in the back, when we feel tired, light mood to face a new day? Probably we cannot. So a definition of health status should include more than the good condition of the physical level. We shall start with a definition of pain which is a sensory and emotional experience with organ damage, real or imagined. Diversity pain and that she would always be subjective explains that it is difficult to propose a satisfactory definition. This notion covers, in fact, a multitude of different experiences, which vary according to different criteria, sensory and emotional. There are three types of pain acute, chronic and pain that occurred in cancer syndromes. Effects of pain can translate the physiological effects: increased sympathetic stimulation, increased oxygen consumption, immunosuppression; behavioral effects such as restlessness, and psychological effects: delirium, posttraumatic stress syndrome, pessimism, lack of communication and treatment adherence. This paper wants to highlight that there is an alternative pain therapy, a barrier beyond these classic analgesic medication therapy by complementary medicine such as acupressure, acupuncture and alternative therapies such as music, massage, aromatherapy and others. |
| Keywords: | alternative therapies, non-pharmacological therapy, pain |
| Presentation type: | Oral |
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| Email: | calinpopa@msn.com |
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