Cronic pain

AIM: To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of chronic postICU pain in survivors of critical illness and to examine the association between pain and psychological disorders. METHODS: The study was carried out in an Italian ICU. Six months after ICU discharge, patients were called back for an interview for assessed chronic pain (CP), pain intensity, pain location and interference of pain with activities of daily living. During the interview a battery of psychometric test was administered for evaluate anxiety, depression, insomnia, fatigue and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...

OBJECTIVE: The aim:To study the clinical course of chronic pancreatitis (CP) in patients with concomitant hypertension. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: A thorough analysis of the results of subjective and clinical and laboratory examinations of 102 patients with CP, who were hospitalized in the therapeutic department of Khust district hospital during 2017-2018 was conducted. RESULTS: Results: Takingintoaccount that the initial examination of patients was carried out during the period of exacerbation of the disease, all patients presentedwith pain syndrome (100%)...

OBJECTIVES: When researches examined, cancer pain and other cronic pain, serious mismanagement and undermedication in treating chronic pain especially using opioids continuing problem. This study was designed to examine the barriers to adequate opioid usage, especially as they could be associated with experience and medical discipline. METHODS: The survey conducted among phycians working in Ankara Numune education and research hospital on July of 2015. A 29 item survey was used to measure physicians attitudes and knowledge about using opioids...

INTRODUCTION: The influence of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) on sexual function has been poorly studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of DIE on sexual function by administering questionnaires to women. METHODS: Women with a clinical and ultrasound diagnosis of DIE and histological confirmation of endometriosis were included in the study. In interview, women were asked to rate five pain symptoms, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, dyschezia, dysuria and Cronic Pelvic Pain (CPP), on a visual analogue scale (VAS), and sexual function was assessed using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)...

OBJECTIVE: To explore patient experiences of participating in multimodal pain rehabilitation in primary care. SUBJECTS: Twelve former patients (7 women and 5 men) in multimodal rehabilitation in primary care were interviewed about their experiences of multimodal rehabilitation. METHODS: The interviews were analysed using qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Analysis resulted in 4 categories: (i) from discredited towards obtaining redress; (ii) from uncertainty towards knowledge; (iii) from loneliness towards togetherness; and (iv) "acceptance of pain": an ongoing process...

Postpartum pain is a frequent condition that negatively affects women's quality of life, interferring with everyday life. Analgesic drugs and surgery are often contraindicated in pregnancy and during breast feeding. This review of the literature aims to evaluate the rational of the association of lipoic acid and omega-3 employ in the management of postpartum pain. Lipoic acid is a cofactor essential in mitochondrial metabolism with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity. Lipoic acid has been shown to be effective in neuropatic pain treatment in patients with sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome and diabetic neuropathy...

The aim of this study was to analyze the association between chronic low back pain (LBP) in chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with quality and intensity of pain experience. A total of 406 war veterans from 1991-1995 war in Croatia participated in this study. They were divided into four groups, according to psychiatric interview, psychometric testing and the presence of LBP verified by the imaging of lumbar area, into: (i) war veterans suffering from PTSD and LBP (N = 102), (ii) war veterans suffering from PTSD only (N = 108), (iii) war veterans suffering from LBP only (N = 99) and (iv) healthy controls (N = 97)...

Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode of humans that infects tens of millions of people worldwide. It is a rarely reported parasitic infestation in Turkey. Disseminated strongyloidiosis may develop in patients with immunodeficiencies. S. stercoralis hyperinfection is often accompanied by sepsis or meningitis with enteric organisms. Glucocorticoid treatment is one of the conditions most specifically associated with triggering hyperinfection, but cases have been reported in association with hematologic malignancy, malnutrition, and AIDS...

Gallbladder metastasis of breast cancer are rare, particularly linked to lobular histotype and synchronous just in 1/4 cases. A review of the literature has been performed aimed to evidence the patterns of gallbladder metastases of breast cancer finding 15 cases to whom we added a 48 years old post-menopausal woman. 3 weeks after surgery for mixed ductal-lobular breast carcinoma she showed at the abdominal ultrasound, performed for staging, diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall , coherent with a chronic cholecystitis and with the mild right-upper-abdominal pain that the patient complained in the last months...

AIM: The safety, tolerability and efficacy of physical therapy with biofeedback and trans electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) with intravaginal probe for the treatment of vulvar pain and vulvar discomfort in women with vulvodynia, is evalued in the present study. Vulvodinia is a cronic syndrome of unexplained vulvar pain. Patients typically present with a history of intermittent or continuous, localized, vulvar pain, frequently accompanied by sexual dysfunction like entry dispareunia, burning and hiching localized to the vulvar vestibule...

Pain control in patients with cancer represents a significant aspect of radiation therapy practice. Radiation therapy is one of the most effective, and often the only, therapeutic option to relieve pain caused by nerve compression or infiltration by malignant tumor, pain from liver and bony metastases and it provides also successful palliation of dysphagia caused by oesophageal carcinoma and of pain due to pancreatic cancer. Various instruments are avaliable for pain evaluation but a valid methodology to assess the pain status in the patient with cronic cancer pain is still an important clinical problem...

We analize and classify eight suicide notes left by elderly patients who attempted suicide; older adults leave more frequently suicide notes. We used the typologie created by Jacobs in 1967 who classifies the notes in five categories. The issues which frequently appear are: physical illnes, cronic pain, loneliness, disability, depression and isolation.

In this work, 60 patients with an hepatocarcinoma diagnosis, corrobarated with hepatic biopsies at the Hospital Cayetano Heredia, between 1969 and 1997, are studied to determine clinical presentation and laboratory findings of this entity within us. The early hepatocarcinoma cases studied were 60. The age group that suffered mostly from this pathology was between 60 to 69 years (23.33%), followed by the age group of 20 to 29 years (20%). While the mean age was of 45 years. 56.66% were male, and 43.33% were female...

OBJECT: Evaluate the incidence of ureterovesical stenosis in the renal transplant and its outcomes in the evolution of the allograft. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Seventy three renal transplants were made between August 1988 and December 1995 in Italian Hospital in Buenos Aires. The mean follow up period was 35 months. The incidence of ureterovesical stenosis and its outcomes in the renal allograft were evaluated. Seven cases of ureterovesical stenosis were found. Clinic diagnosis was made in all cases (decreased filtration, diuresis rythm diminished, pain over the implant) confirmed with ecography that showed hydronefrosis and pielography percutaneous anterograde to check the cause of obstruction...

The rotator cuff syndrome is defined as a cronical pain syndrome, originating from the rotator cuff with characteristic pain and referred pain. Disorders evolving from the rotator cuff and the rotator muscles comprise between 70 og 90% of the shoulder disorders. The rotator cuff syndrome may be of occupational origin, particularly in heavy work with tasks at or above shoulder level, e.g. shipyard welders and plate workers. Biomecanically surveys show that continuous blood flow in the rotator muscles ceases at about 30 degrees of flexion or abduction of the upper arm...