Friday, May 18, 2007

Pain and more pain

Pain is a feeling triggered in the nervous system. Pain may be sharp or dull, last short periods or long periods of time. It may come and go, or it may be constant. You may feel pain in one area of your body, such as your back, abdomen or chest, or you may feel pain all over, such as when your muscles ache from the flu. Some times you feel pain in one area and it may actually be caused by a different area of the body.
Pain can be helpful. Without pain, you might seriously hurt yourself without knowing it, or you might not realize you have a medical problem that needs treatment.
Once you take care of the problem, pain usually goes away. However, sometimes pain goes on for weeks, months or even years. This is called chronic pain. Sometimes chronic pain is due to an ongoing cause, such as cancer or arthritis. Sometimes the cause is unknown. Sometimes it's hard to pin down, many test must be done
Fortunately, there are many ways to treat pain. Treatment varies depending on the cause of pain. Pain relievers, acupuncture and sometimes surgery are helpfulTechnorati Profile
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Warning Signs and Dangers of Pain Killer Addiction

Warning Signs and Dangers of Pain Killer Addiction:
"Pain-pill addiction is a Big problem in America. Many doctors prescribe unnecessary pain medicines hoping to bring their patients short-term relief.
Pain-pill addiction is the inability to stop using pain pills despite the fact that they are causing harm, such as liver damage. There are three steps to pain-pill addiction:

• Tolerance. Your body adapts to the continuous presence of a pain drug. Over time, your body builds up a resistance to the medicine, and you need higher doses of the medication to get the same level of pain relief. This is called building up a tolerance, and is normal.
• Physical dependence. When your body has grown accustomed to the presence of the pain medication, you may go through withdrawal symptoms if you suddenly stop taking the medication. This is physical dependence.
• Addiction. Pain-pill addiction is a pathological condition. This is characterized by the addict using the drug regardless of dangerous, destructive effects on the body, relationships, and other parts of his/her life.

Which pain medications are most addictive?

Opioids — sometimes called narcotics — are among the most addictive pain medications. These include:

• Codeine
• Fentanyl (Duragesic, others)
• Hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab, others)
• Hydromorphone (Dilaudid, others)
• Meperidi"

People who develop pain-pill addiction tend to have a genetic tendency towards this. Studies have shown that most of them have family members who abuse drugs or alcohol. A personal history of substance abuse also increases the risk of addiction, along with anxiety, depression and loneliness.

What are the warning signs of addiction to pain medication?

• You take more than the recommended dosage
• You see many different doctors for pain pills
• You use alcohol, street drugs, or other medications to heighten the effects of the pain medication.
• You take pain medication to deal with other problems, such as anxiety or stress.
• Your doctor, friends or loved ones express concern about your use of pain medication.

The key to avoiding pain pill addiction is being honest with your doctor, and sharing your personal history and/or family history of substance abuse problems, so that your doctor can devise a pain management strategy that will work best for you.

Warning Signs and Dangers of Pain Killer Addiction:

Pain Miracle

Pain Miracle:
"Losing weight can help relief a multitude of Pains, Your weight can cause pain add to the amount of pain you already have, rather it's joint or other pain.
Lets examine some options.

You Can't lose weight using low fat diets. Low fat foods have been popular for more than 15 years, but yet our society is getting more overweight as each year passes. This fact alone should tell you that eating a purely low fat menu is not the answer to losing weight.

Low Calorie Diets DON'T WORK.'You won't lose weight using a Low Calorie Dieting Plan either. In fact, eating low calories is the worst thing that you can do to your body.

Low carb Diets don't work either they're to restrictive and difficult to follow.

Weight wachers, and Jenny Craig plans slower results over a longer period and they involve special meals to buy.
What's the answer, to me it seems exercise, eating healthier foods in smaller portions and more time a day, drink plenty of water. works best for me"
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