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I’m blond and I have very fair skin. When I was a child, we didn’t know about the dangers of sunburns and I burned *badly* so many times over the years that I can’t recall how often.
Many of these burns were so bad that they would be treated in an emergency department these days. […]
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If you’ve been living with chronic pain from arthritis, you may have learned about cortisone injections that may provide relief. Cortisone is a steroid (natural) that doctors discovered can provide pain relief by reducing the inflammation of arthritis, thus reducing pain.
While the thought of getting such an injection may be off-putting because of the idea […]
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Can pain be managed through the way you think? Many schools of thought believe that your thoughts play a strong role in how you feel pain.
Visualization, the act of imagining and visualizing pleasant thoughts over what is happening at that moment, is becoming more popular and does seem to have a role to play in […]
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The statistics are sobering: 1 in 2 women and 1 in 4 men are at risk for fractures in their spine from osteoporosis. These fractures cause chronic pain and - living with chronic pain often results in limited mobility, limited social activity and reduced ability to perform every day activities.
When the fractures occur, vertebrae (the […]
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Carpal tunnel syndrome affects over 8 million people in the United States; women are affected three times more often than men. The chronic pain from carpal tunnel syndrome can cause difficulties sleeping, as well as with doing your every day activities.
If medications and bracing doesn’t help, surgery may be the next step in helping manage […]
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People with diabetes can be affected by a very painful complication called diabetic neuropathy. The nerves, most often in the feet, become damaged and send pain messages to the brain. Nerve pain is among the most difficult to treat because there is no obvious target as they may be with a broken bone, for example.
According […]
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Anyone who has had a strain or sprain knows how painful they can be. Taking medications, usually anti-inflammatories or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is usually the regular course of action, but since January, the Flector patch (diclofenac epolamine topical patch) has been available for this purpose in the United States.
According the manufacturer, two studies will […]
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Junior rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) strikes children ranging in age from newborn on up to adulthood (Arthritis: Not just an “old person’s” disease). Treatments for JRA have been spotty in their effectiveness. The medications, although effective in adults, are proving to be not so effective in treating children.
A new study, published in the May edition of […]
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Fentora (fentanyl tablets) is a medication that was approved in 2006 to treat patients with cancer who are living with severe chronic pain. The company that manufactures Fentora had applied to the FDA to allow the medication be prescribed to treat noncancer chronic pain.
According to the article, FDA Panel Rejects Wider Use of Painkiller, […]
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The botulinum toxin (Botox) is gaining popularity as a potential treatment for treating chronic pain. My friend Trish (Company’s calling - a journey with fibromyalgia) had tried it with great success for her fibromyalgia and had planned on writing about her experiences with it.
While botulinum toxin is proving to be effective in some cases, it’s […]
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