Understanding Pain Management PDF

🩺 Understanding Pain Management Apr 17, 2025 ### 🩺 Understanding Pain - Pain expression varies among individuals - Influenced by pain tolerance, gender differences, and cultural factors - Men in some cultures may underreport pain to appear more masculine - Hispanic patients might express pain...

🩺 Understanding Pain Management Apr 17, 2025 ### 🩺 Understanding Pain - Pain expression varies among individuals - Influenced by pain tolerance, gender differences, and cultural factors - Men in some cultures may underreport pain to appear more masculine - Hispanic patients might express pain more vocally due to cultural norms ### 📈 Types of Pain - **Acute Pain**: Lasts less than 6 months - Examples: Broken bone, toothache, earache - **Chronic Pain**: Persists over time - Examples: Arthritis - **Chronic Episodic Pain**: Comes and goes over time - Examples: Gout, migraines - **Cancer Pain**: Can be acute or chronic based on treatment stages - **Idiopathic Pain**: No clear cause, includes conditions like fibromyalgia ### 💊 Pain Management - Importance of understanding pain types for effective treatment - Start with non-pharmacological interventions, then move to medications - Types of Pain: - **Neuropathic Pain**: Nerve-related, treated with gabapentin - **Visceral Pain**: Organ-related, poorly localized - **Somatic Pain**: Skin/muscle-related, well-localized - **Phantom Pain**: Pain in amputated limbs ### 🩹 Pain Assessment - Use of pain scales (e.g., 0-10 scale, Wong-Baker Faces scale) - Importance of observing non-verbal cues, especially in non- communicative patients - Non-verbal signs include grimacing, moaning, agitation, guarding, and restlessness