Manejo del dolor

No hay una prueba médica que pueda decirle a su profesional médico cuál nivel de dolor puede estar sintiendo después de una lesión o cirugía. Esta información debe venir de usted, el paciente. Aprendiendo la manera de describir honestamente y clasificar su dolor va a ayudar a que su doctor determine la mejor manera de controlar el dolor y ponerlo en buen camino para su recuperación.

La ACP o analgesia controlada por el paciente con bomba, es una manera de administrar medicina para el dolor en el hospital. Su equipo médico va a determinar si es buen candidato para este tratamiento, que permite que usted oprima un botón para recibir medicina directamente en una vena cuando sienta dolor. La bomba es programada para que no se pueda dar demasiada medicina.

A PCA pump lets you give yourself pain medicine after surgery, as you need it. The medicine is delivered through an IV (intravenous) line, a thin tube that goes into your vein.

Once you're home after surgery, you may have some pain. For effective pain management, follow the tips you may have learned in the hospital.

A pain scale measures your pain changes for you as a way to keep track of your pain. You can then share this information with your healthcare provider.

Electrothermal therapy, also known as intradiscal electrothermal therapy, uses heat to change the structure of the tissue inside the disk in your back. It doesn't relieve pain right away. Pain is reduced as the disk heals.

For your health and safety, it's important to take opioids exactly as directed. This helps make sure they work as they should.

It's normal to feel pain at the incision site. The pain decreases as the wound heals. Pain that continues more than a few weeks after surgery or pain that gets worse any time after surgery can be a sign of a problem.

T.E.D. stockings are used to help stop blood clots from forming in the deep veins of your legs. They look like support hose. But they are specially designed to put more pressure on your foot and ankle and less pressure at the upper end of the stocking. They are also called TED hose.