Last longer than six months and is constant or recurring with a mild-to-severe intensity
What is chronic pain?
100
Used to describe patient's pain. Example: Numerical or Verbal
What is a pain scale?
100
Mental and physical freedom from tension or stress that provides individuals a sense of self-control. Example:Yoga
What is relaxation?
100
The most common and effective method of pain relief
What is analgesic?
100
Physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury.
What is pain?
200
Pain in absence of an identifiable cause
What is idiopathic pain?
200
Pain that arises from damage or inflammation of the tissue
What is nociceptive pain?
200
Singing, praying, listening to music, humor, or laughter therapy, and playing games
What is distraction?
200
Used to treat mild to moderate pain.
What is nonopioids?
200
A state of adaptation in which exposure to a drug induces changes that wont allow the medication to work when the patient really needs it.
What is drug tolerance?
300
Caused by tumor progression and related pathological process, invasive procedures and toxicities of treatment
What is cancer pain?
300
Sensation of pain extending from initial site of injury to another body part
What is radiating?
300
Rubbing of the muscles and joints for relief of tension
What is massage?
300
Psychoactive chemical that resembles morphine in its pharmacological effects
What are opioids?
300
Medications or procedures that produce positive or negative effects in patients. Jeopardizes the trust between patients and caregivers.
What is placebo?
400
Pain that occurs sporadically over an extended period of time.
What is chronic episodic pain?
400
Pain resulting from stimulation of internal organs
What is deep or visceral pain?
400
Massage, warm bath, ice bag, and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
What is cutaneous stimulation?
400
Delivery system that allows patients to self-administer opioids with minimal risk of overdose.
What is patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)?
400
A condition that results when a person ingests a substance or engages in an activity that can be pleasurable but the continued use/ act of which becomes compulsive and interferes with ordinary life responsibilites.
What is addiction?
500
Pain that comes from the bone, joint,muscle, skin, or connective tissue
What is somatic pain?
500
Pain that arises from abnormal or damaged nerves. Example: Phantom Limb Pain
What is neuropathic pain?
500
Mild electrical current passed through external electrodes
What is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation?
500
Treatment of acute post-operative pain, labor and delivery pain, and chronic cancer pain.
What is epidural analgesia?
500
A state of adaption that is manifested by a drug class specific withdrawal syndrome produced by abrupt cessation, rapid dose reduction, decreasing blood level of the drug, and/or administration of an antagonist.