5 things to look for pain management

Five things that we want you know about pain management

Everyone knows what pain is but the thing is they are not aware of many things. So here are some of the expert’s advice which may help you next time when you are in pain.

1. In acute pain, you should try non-opioids first

A report from the society of medicine suggests the physicians to use opioids only in cases of severe pain or moderate pain. Only if a patient can’t take or respond to medications like ibuprofen or acetaminophen you can give opioids. This is basically to improve the opioid use in Hospitals.

2. Acute and Chronic pain they are different

Knowing the difference between chronic and acute pain is important. You can define chronic pain as “pain that stay beyond the time a injury have healed up, its like more than three months”.

While acute pain is defined as pain that lasts for a short period of time if it exceeds more than one month seek medical attention.

3. medications don’t resolve pain

A study shows that various medications like paracetamol and anti-inflammatory drugs are in effective in pain such as back pain and a long-term use can also cause a lot of side effects. We should stop our reliability in pain medications as primary method to resolve pain.

The best treatment for ongoing and chronic pain is physical exercise and maintaining a healthy life style.

4. improving pain in facial region

Orofacial pain refers to pain felt in oral and facial region. eg- mouth, jaw and face. This can be caused by development and arrangement of our teeth. Orofacial pain is mainly managed by dental clinics. Impaired jaw function can be the reason for the orofacial pain, simple jaw movement and facial exercises are helpful in resolving impaired jaw function.

5. pain clinics can help you in resolving pain

You are not alone when you are in pain

Did you know more people suffer from pain then cancer, diabetes and heart disease combined.

Pain clinics are doing their best to less the amount of patient suffering from pain, and make a real difference in their life so that they can live a more productive life. But not all pain clinics are same.

Look for these five things when you are choosing a pain clinic.

1. Are there Board-certified doctors available in that clinic?
2. Does the clinic is specialised in the particular type of pain that you feel?
3. Does there are a lot of options available?
4. does the clinic support programmes that includes multiple professionals?
5. Are you comfortable with the doctor?

The information this article contain is only for educational purpose and it may vary from person to person. Please consult your doctor before taking any advise from here or from any educational material.