Understanding Pain
eBook - PDF

Understanding Pain

What You Need to Know to Take Control

  1. 329 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

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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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780313396038
eBook ISBN
9780313396045
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
General Health

Table of contents

  1. UNDERSTANDING PAIN
  2. Recent Titles in The Praeger Series on Contemporary Health and Living
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Series Foreword
  8. Part I: Introduction
  9. 1. Historical Perspective on Treating Pain
  10. 2. How to Choose a Pain Practitioner Who Is Right for You
  11. 3. Defining Pain and Understanding Types of Pain
  12. 4. The Evaluation: What to Tell the Doctor
  13. 5. Treating Pain as a Team (Multidisciplinary) Effort
  14. 6. Medications Used to Manage Pain
  15. 7. Special Concerns Regarding Commonly Prescribed Drugs
  16. 8. “Alternative” Methods to Managing Pain
  17. 9. Addiction to Pain Medications and Pain Management Challenges
  18. 10. How to Apply for Disability Benefits
  19. Part II: Specific Painful Conditions and Treatment Options
  20. 11. Headache
  21. 12. Pain in the Ear, Eye, and Face
  22. 13. Neck and Shoulder Pain
  23. 14. Abdominal (Belly) Pain
  24. 15. Low Back Pain
  25. 16. Arm, Leg, and Phantom Limb Pain
  26. 17. Gynecological, Pelvic, and Urological Pain
  27. 18. Chest Pain
  28. 19. Fibromyalgia, Arthritis, and Joint Pain
  29. 20. Ischemic Pain in Diabetes and Other Metabolic Disorders
  30. 21. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Pain
  31. 22. Shingles and Postherpetic Neuralgia
  32. 23. Foot Pain
  33. 24. Cancer Pain and Palliative Care
  34. 25. Psychiatric Disorders and Pain Management
  35. Part III: Advanced Pain Procedures, Surgery, and Anesthesia
  36. 26. Injections and Other Interventions for Pain Management
  37. 27. Advanced Techniques for Chronic Pain of the Spine
  38. 28. Anesthesia and Surgery: What to Expect
  39. 29. Pain Management after Surgery
  40. 30. Rehabilitation Programs
  41. Part IV: Special Populations
  42. 31. Pain in Children
  43. 32. Pain and the Elderly
  44. 33. Pain during Labor and Childbirth
  45. 34. The Future of Pain Management: What It Means for You
  46. Index
  47. About the Editors and Contributors

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