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| Post Operative Pain Control |
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What Are The Things You Can Do?
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| Before surgery |
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| Obtain the following information from your doctor or nurse |
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Will there be a lot of pain after surgery? |
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Where is the site of pain? |
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How long is the pain going to last? |
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What type of drug treatment and pain medicines will be given
after your surgery? |
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What are the side effects that may occur with the treatment?
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How often will you receive your treatment? |
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| After surgery |
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| To have good pain control |
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Take or ask for pain medicines
as soon as the pain starts. |
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Take pain medicines first before you start
to do exercises. It is harder to ease pain once it has set in.
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| To help your doctor or nurse to measure your level
of pain |
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When asked how you are feeling,
rate your level of pain on a scale from 0 to 10.
Numeric Pain Intensity Scale
| 0 |
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No pain |
| 5 |
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Moderate pain |
| 10 |
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Worst possible pain |
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Reporting your pain intensity
allows the doctors and nurses to know how you are feeling and
how much the treatment is helping you. |
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They may change your treatment
to improve your comfort level. |
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