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Living without pain is possible

Living without pain is possible

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Top Doctors editorial
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Created by: Top Doctors editorial Sources: Top Doctors CO
Edited by: TOP DOCTORS® at 26/05/2022

The chronic pain has gone from being a symptom of a disease of great complexity, since it not only affects the physical well-being of the patient, but in turn interacts in complex ways with psychological and social factors. The patient not only feels the pain;affected, suffering person looks like quality of life is altered so dramatic as their daily activities, even the simplest, are disrupted. Socially, their environment also suffers. In cancer pain that is exacerbated by the concern that the patient has about his illness.

In recent decades, we have made ​​significant progress in our understanding of the basic mechanisms of pain, and have expanded enormously, both pharmacological treatments with new analgesics as well as techniques interventionist. New technologies have been developed, such as radiofrequency, spinal cord stimulation and implantable systems ( mechanical or electronic ) that the radiological support, are performed accurately and safely, increasing the number of techniques available to control pain.

Pharmacological Treatment

From our earliest publications, morphic derivatives unique existing 30 years ago as the Solution Brompton or oral morphine controlled release, we went to have a wide range of opioids by all roads, including transdermal, buccal and nasal. We also have opioid Starring almost immediately for breakthrough pain and implantable systems for continuous administration of opioids, alone or with other drugs like local anesthetics or clonidine by via cord.

Interventional Techniques

There are what we call interventional techniques, which is punctures image led to the infiltration of specific medication for the purpose of block the nerve ending A grief. They are very useful when pharmacological treatment fails, examples include celiac plexus block in pancreatic tumors;vertebroplasty in metastatic spinal fractures;continuous nerve blocks in compression or spinal plexus implantable systems that allow you to manage much smaller doses of opioids directly into the spinal space, bringing greater analgesia is obtained with fewer side effects.

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