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It has been reported to be effective in treating chronic pain conditions, including fibromyalgia and chronic back pain. ...
For younger patients, especially those with high-energy trauma, swift repair helps prevent long-term functional deficits and chronic pain. Understanding the types of hip fractures and the various treatment options available is essential for guiding patients through their ...
An estimated 27% of patients with sepsis in a hospital do not survive and those who do may suffer from life changing effects such as post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic pain, fatigue, organ dysfunction etc. Sepsis itself is not contagious but it is caused by an infectious disease, which can be transferred to other people. ...
Living with Chronic Pain Rich is a 20-year veteran consultant at a Big Four accounting firm, who spends long hours sitting at his desk on his computer. The past 2 years, his back pain has become unbearable. He tried epidurals, surgery, physical therapy, and opioids and was waking up every 3 hours to take a pill that barely helped. ...
Rising Medical Spend A large software technology firm saw an annual upward trend of medical spend for back and joint pain. Many of their tech employees spend most of their time working on computers—which can lead to chronic back and joint pain. As a technology innovator, the company redefined their healthcare benefits with digital health to ...
Fearing Pain Tracie is a 52 year old Human Services Program Manager at Manatee County. Sitting at her desk all day, she began to experience knee pain 4 years ago. Her orthopedic specialist diagnosed her with osteoarthritis. He withdrew fluid, injected cortisone, and advised her to avoid things like walking up stairs. She began to avoid activity but the pain persisted until she was taking 8 ...
Pain at Work Brian is a 55-year-old Maintenance Tech at a leading food processing company. With over 20 years of chronic knee pain, it was difficult to do his job. All of the climbing, kneeling, lifting, and squatting needed to do his job was aggravating his knee pain. As a result, he resorted to working in awkward positions to ...
Driving & Chronic Pain Garry is 52 year old Beverage Chemical Manager at US Foods. ...
Working 7–12 hour shifts on her feet, she began to experience chronic knee pain 2 years ago. She was in so much pain that she no longer found pleasure in activities she enjoyed, such as hiking, and began to avoid them. ...
The cannabis plant has been used for medicinal uses in many different cultures for thousands of years, dating back to the ancient times when physicians in many parts of the world mixed cannabis into medicines to treat pain and other ailments.The main uses for medical marijuana include the reduction of nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, improving appetite in people with HIV ...
GPCRs play a central role in a plethora of biological processes and are linked to a wide range of therapeutic areas including cancer, diabetes, inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic pain. Expressed in every type of cell in the body, GPCRs relay signals from outside the cell, across the membrane, to intracellular signaling pathways. ...
This can lead to a range of health problems, including anemia, severe pain, and organ damage, as well as a reduced life expectancy. The impact of sickle cell disease on those affected by it is profound, affecting nearly every aspect of their lives. Those with sickle cell disease often face a lifetime of chronic pain, frequent hospitalizations, ...
Medical marijuana uses the chemicals within the marijuana plant to help reduce pain and treat certain diseases. The plant contains more than 100 different chemicals called cannabinoids. ...
Without effective treatment, up to 50% of patients with symptomatic DVT will develop post-thrombotic syndrome within two years, which involves chronic limb pain, swelling, heaviness, fatigue, and in extreme instances, limb ...
Additional history revealed the use of a heating pad for the preceding 3 months to help manage her chronic back pain. She often rested on the electric heating pad for several hours and sometimes fell asleep with the heating pad on. ...
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CASE PRESENTATION A 70-year-old female recently diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer presented with acute new onset of lower back pain. The patient was taking chemotherapy, participating in a drug therapy trial, and had received radiation therapy. There was no history of acute trauma to the pelvic or acetabular region. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed bilateral fragility fractures, with ...
It is estimated that roughly a quarter of us- more than 72.3 million U.S. adults- are currently experiencing chronic low back pain, according to a recent Harris Poll. Dr. Patel states, “Lower back pain is the No. 1 reason patients see a physician or a healthcare provider around the country and the No. 1 cause of disability. ...
The PEMF technology has been studied by NASA in a four-year, $3.5 million study, with very positive ...
Medical marijuana uses the chemicals within the marijuana plant to help reduce pain and treat certain diseases. The plant contains more than 100 different chemicals called cannabinoids. ...
On the other hand, firing of smaller pain transmitting fibers such as A-dclta and C-fibcrs is enhanced. This aberrant afferent neuronal behavior is thought to be one of the main neuronal mechanisms leading to development of chronic posttraumatic peripheral neuropathic pain (PTP-NP) [Puig and Sorkin, 1996). Clinically, this persistent peripheral ...