Chronic pain PPT by McDizzle Flashcards
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What is pain?
an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage or both
what is Chronic Pain?
persistent or recurrent pain, lasting beyond the usual course of acute illness or injury, or more than 6 months, and adversely affecting the patients well-being
What are the effects of unreleived pain
Delayed healing altered immunity Increased stress anxiety or depression general physical and psychological decline Economical adversity
in a study >50% of pts had to change MDs due to lack of pain control? why is this?
- unwilling to treat pain
- did not take the pt’s pain seriously
- inadequate knowledge about pain treatment
What contributes to the lack of pain control throughout the world?
- inadequate education
- poor understanding of pain syndromes
- lack of diagnostic tools
- attitudes regarding pain
- reimbursement barriers
- inadequate treatment guidelines
- poor understanding of drugs used
- reluctance to use certain pharm agents
- lack of knowledge of complementary therapies
- drug side effects
Common barriers to treatment of Chronic Pain:
Provider related?
- limited knowledge of pain patho and assessment skills
- biases against opioid therapy and overestimation of risk
- fear of regulatory scrutiny/action
Common barriers to treatment of Chronic Pain:
Patient related?
- exaggerated fear of addiction, tolerance, SE
- reluctance to report pain: stoicsm, desire to please “MD”
- concerns about “meaning” of pain
Common barriers to treatment of Chronic Pain:
system related
- low priority given to pain and symptom control
- limits on # of RXs and refills per month
- reimbursement policies
Common barriers to treatment of Chronic Pain:
economic and racial?
- language and culture differences
- perceptions and misconceptions
- lack of assertiveness in seeking treatment
- unavailability of meds
Pathophysiology of pain:
Types of pain?
- nociceptive
- neuropathic
- idiopathic
Pathophysiology of pain:
patho of chronic pain???
-the nervous system REMODELS continuously in response to repeated pain signals —> nerves become hypERsensitive to pain & resistant to antinociceptive system
Pathophysiology of pain:
what happens if chronic pain is untreated?
pain signals will continue even after injury resolves
Pathophysiology of pain:
Chronic pain signals become embedded in the ___ _____ ______
CNS
Which type of pain is pain sensing signals are initiated in response to a stimulus they elict pain relieving responses
Acute pin
Which type of pain sends pain signals that are generated for no reason and may be intensified; pain relieving mechanisms may be defective or deactivated
Chronic Pain
nociceptive pain pain results from what?
ongoing activation of primary afferent neurons responding to noxious stimuli
nociceptive pain is consistant with what?
degree of tissue injury
nociceptive pain is described as what?
aching
squeezing
stabbing
throbbing
nociceptive pain 2 subtypes
Somatic (r/t activation of somatic afferent neurons)
Visceral (r/t activation of Visceral afferent neurons)
Somatic pain:
characteristics
well localized Continuous or intermittent aching dull gnawing nagging sharp
Somatic pain
examples
Bone fracture
arthritis
Bone metastasis
Visceral Pain:
Characteristics
poorly localized referred to distant sites Sharp gnawing vague deep pressure may become worse with movement/inhale
Visceral Pain:
examples
gallbladder
pancreatitis
Cancer
What type of pain is initiated by primary lesion in the nervous system; beleived to be sustained by aberrant somatosensory processing in the peripheral and CNS
Neuropathic pain
Neuropathic pain:
characteristics
burning shooting electrical quality aching throbbing sharp Constant or intermittant
Neuropathic pain is independent of obvious ongoing _____ activation
nociceptive
Neuropathic pain
examples
post herpatic neuralgia
diabetic neuropathy
2 subtypes of Neuropathic pain
Presumed “central generator”
Presumed “peripheral generator”
Idiopathic pain what is it?
exist in the absence of an identifiable physical or psychological pathology that could account for the pain
Idiopathic pain is uncommon in what types of pt’s
pt’s with progressive illness
What is psychogenic pain?
pain that shows positive evidence of predominant psychological contribution and may be labeled with a specific phychiatric diagnosis
Pain assessment UPQRST
U-use the pt's self report P-palliative (provocative) Q- quality R- Radiation S- Severity T-Temporal
UPQRST +2
what is the +2
2 additional questions!
- what have you tried to relieve your pain
- how is the pain affecting your life