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#80. Stop Treating Pain Like a Symptom!
Pedia Pain Focus
English - September 17, 2021 23:00 - 34 minutes - 36.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Education chronicpain health healthcareproviders pain pediapainfocus pediatricpain pediatricpaineducation pediatricpainmedicine pediatricpaintreatment pediatricwellness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Pain isn't simply a symptom of another disease or a result of another noxious or traumatic event. It's an independent entity in itself in majority of the situations. It's time we stopped approaching it with the Cartesian model framework.
Join me in this episode to learn about how and when a pain can be considered a symptom and when it needs to be treated like any other independent chronic diagnosis, and why that is important.
Takeaways in This Episode
The reason(s) I am even talking about this The biggest misconception about pain Why this misconception get propagated Classification of pain and why that is important What I mean by "not all pain is created equal" There's more to chronic pain than just "chronic pain" - classification of chronic pain as defined by IASP task force and the WHO Major differences between acute and chronic pain Mechanisms at play in acute and chronic pain The benefits of understanding these distinctions and classificationsLinks
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
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Episode #56. Making Pediatric Pain Matter.... with Dr Christopher Eccleston
Episode #78. Remodeling Pediatric Pain Management in Emergency Rooms with Dr. Samina Ali
Episode #62. Metaphors for Better Pediatric Pain Management
Episode #25 . Role of Epigenetics in Chronic Post-Surgical Pain with Dr. Vidya Chidambaran