How Pets Help People With Chronic Pain November 16, 2015 By Linda Cole Growing up with a parent who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, I saw firsthand the difficulties someone with chronic pain lives with each day. It can be hard to get up in the morning, do daily chores and give 100% at work. My […]
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CDC Has Advice For Primary Care Doctors About Opioids Updated March 15, 201610:35 PM ET Published March 15, 20164:57 PM ET In response to the opioid epidemic that has swept the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released long-anticipated guidelines on prescribing opioid painkillers such as OxyContin and Percocet. They were published Tuesday […]
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Endometriosis in Profile: Nicole
Posted by steph Published in Biographies, Endometriosis Awareness, FeaturedFor Endometriosis Awareness Month, I have put some questions to my endo sisters, and have invited them to share their journey here with you. Meet Nicole: How long you have been suffering? I have been suffering for just over a year. What does your pain feel like? Emotionally, the pain makes me feel like I […]
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As seen on the Endometriosis Research Center’s Facebook page: Chinese province grants women leave for menstrual pain By Shen Lu, CNN and Elaine Yu, for CNN Updated 1:06 AM ET, Tue February 16, 2016 Beijing (CNN)Each month, Shao Jinwen’s lower abdomen throbs with a familiar, all-consuming pain. It’s a pain she’s had to endure each […]
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‘Pain’ and ‘uncertainty’: A young woman shares her struggle with endometriosis Mar. 4, 2016 at 12:36 PM Chandelis Duster TODAY Endometriosis, the word itself sounds like an incurable disease, and unfortunately that’s true. I should know. I have it. Endometriosis — or “endo” — occurs when cells that line the uterus spread to other places […]
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Endometriosis in Profile: a video by Brynn
Posted by steph Published in Biographies, Endometriosis AwarenessSome more endo information, but this is more real. Typically I will only do videos on good days. Well, NO, people need to see it all. The good the bad and the ugly. Some more endo information, but this is more real. Typically I will only do videos on good days. Well, NO, people need […]
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Endometriosis awareness month encourages women to discuss the disease March 1, 2016 4:21pm TIFFANY KORSSENHerald Sun MARCH is worldwide endometriosis awareness month and for the next 30 days, women across the globe are encouraged to openly discuss their experiences with the difficult disease. But Melbourne woman Sarah (not her real name) wants this month to […]
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In Endometriosis, Blood Platelets May Work in Concert with Lesions to Promote Disease
Posted by steph Published in ResearchIn Endometriosis, Blood Platelets May Work in Concert with Lesions to Promote Disease Researchers have demonstrated that platelets are a new player in endometriosis and are activated by endometriosis-derived stromal cells, contributing to disease development, according to a study titled “Endometriosis-Derived Stromal Cells Secrete Thrombin and Thromboxane A2, Inducing Platelet Activation†and published in the Reproductive […]
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Mankoski Pain Scale
0 - Pain Free
1 - Very minor annoyance -
occasional
minor twinges.
No medication needed.
2 - Minor Annoyance -
occasional
strong twinges.
No medication needed.
3 - Annoying enough to be distracting.
Mild painkillers are effective.
(Aspirin, Ibuprofen.)
4 - Can be ignored if you are really
involved in your work, but still
distracting. Mild painkillers relieve
pain for 3-4 hours.
5 - Can't be ignored for more than 30
minutes. Mild painkillers reduce
pain for 3-4 hours.
6 - Can't be ignored for any length of
time, but you can still go to work and
participate in social activities.
Stronger painkillers (Codeine,
Vicodin) reduce pain for 3-4 hours.
7 - Makes it difficult to concentrate,
interferes with sleep. You can still
function with effort. Strongest
painkillers relieve pain (Oxycontin,
Morphine)
8 - Physical activity severely limited.
You can read and converse with effort.
Nausea and dizziness set in as factors
of pain. Stronger painkillers are
minimally effective. Strongest painkillers
reduce pain for 3-4 hours.
9 - Unable to speak. Crying out or
moaning uncontrollably - near delirium.
Strongest painkillers are only partially
effective.
10 - Unconscious. Pain makes you
pass out. Strongest painkillers are only
partially effective.
© Andrea Mankoski
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