
Understanding Pain
What You Need to Know to Take Control
- 328 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Understanding Pain
What You Need to Know to Take Control
About this book
This empowering book provides a comprehensive resource to help readers of all ages understand pain, seek the right diagnosis and treatment, and allow them to take control of their pain. Unfortunately, pain is a universal human experience. For many, their experience of pain transcends an occasional or nagging discomfort and disrupts their lives. Understanding Pain: What You Need to Know to Take Control presents insights that will be useful to anyone who wants to be more knowledgeable about recognizing pain conditions through symptoms and telltale signs, and needs to be fully informed about the various treatment options available. Providing information that is at once cutting-edge, comprehensive, and easy-to-understand, the chapters also provide the resources needed to obtain further information about the topic. The book covers all major pain syndromes in a manner accessible to those without backgrounds in science or pain treatment, explicitly explaining symptoms, tests that may be needed, and treatments and rehabilitation techniques that are possible. The last section of the text discusses pain issues of specific populations, such as children, the elderly, and women during childbirth.
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Table of contents
- UNDERSTANDING PAIN
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- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Part I: Introduction
- 1. Historical Perspective on Treating Pain
- 2. How to Choose a Pain Practitioner Who Is Right for You
- 3. Defining Pain and Understanding Types of Pain
- 4. The Evaluation: What to Tell the Doctor
- 5. Treating Pain as a Team (Multidisciplinary) Effort
- 6. Medications Used to Manage Pain
- 7. Special Concerns Regarding Commonly Prescribed Drugs
- 8. “Alternative” Methods to Managing Pain
- 9. Addiction to Pain Medications and Pain Management Challenges
- 10. How to Apply for Disability Benefits
- Part II: Specific Painful Conditions and Treatment Options
- 11. Headache
- 12. Pain in the Ear, Eye, and Face
- 13. Neck and Shoulder Pain
- 14. Abdominal (Belly) Pain
- 15. Low Back Pain
- 16. Arm, Leg, and Phantom Limb Pain
- 17. Gynecological, Pelvic, and Urological Pain
- 18. Chest Pain
- 19. Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, and Joint Pain
- 20. Ischemic Pain in Diabetes and Other Metabolic Disorders
- 21. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Pain
- 22. Shingles and Postherpetic Neuralgia
- 23. Foot Pain
- 24. Cancer Pain and Palliative Care
- 25. Psychiatric Disorders and Pain Management
- Part III: Advanced Pain Procedures, Surgery, and Anesthesia
- 26. Injections and Other Interventions for Pain Management
- 27. Advanced Techniques for Chronic Pain of the Spine
- 28. Anesthesia and Surgery: What to Expect
- 29. Pain Management after Surgery
- 30. Rehabilitation Programs
- Part IV: Special Populations
- 31. Pain in Children
- 32. Pain and the Elderly
- 33. Pain during Labor and Childbirth
- 34. The Future of Pain Management: What It Means for You
- Index
- About the Editors and Contributors