HSS 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Acupuncture, Urinary Tract Infection, George Carlin

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2111
• Professor: Tien Nguyen

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Pain: a protective mechanism that is invisible state to others, subjectively felt experience (cid:862)pai(cid:374) is what the patie(cid:374)t sa(cid:455)s it is(cid:863) trust -patient accept what they are feeling. Unpleasant sensory & emotional exp. linked to actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage. Impacts on the whole person & their community. Acute pain is short term pain lasting mins/hours and it is the most frequent reason for seeking health care. Chronic pain is persistent (continuous/episodic) pain for long periods of time/past the normal time of healing. Public heath priority pain level check is important priority & symptom: chronic pain is common: *more than 6 million canadians suffer from chronic pain overly common of chronic pain over the world. Impact on functional activities (cid:894)sleep, work (cid:895), social (fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) relatio(cid:374)ship (cid:895)/socioeconomic consequences (cid:894)health care cost (cid:895), emotional functioning (angry, a(cid:374)(cid:454)ious (cid:895: chronic pain matters: ***it is the most common cause of disability among.