Donna R. Falvo, refers to the term chronic as “symptoms that last indefinitely and are attributed to a case that may or may not be able to identified”. With this said, people who suffer from a chronic illness go for long periods of time in pain with possibly no answer. Chronic illness has the ability … Read more
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is essential to numerous key human functions, in particular, expression of emotion, chewing, swallowing and speech. Generally considered a load bearing joint, the TMJ is prone to a range of disorders due to structural and/or positional abnormalities \cite{Tanaka2008}. Research conducted in the 1980s showed that 16\% to 59\% of those tested, … Read more
Extensor tendon lacerations most commonly occur in men (83%), in the dominant hand (60%), in the thumb and secondly the index finger (Patillo and Rayan 2012). Tendon injuries were found to be caused by a variety of mechanisms in a study done in 2014 that include a knife, saw, crush injury, degloving injury, and bite … Read more
Memories are our link to the past. They give us context, allow us to grow and learn from mistakes, and let us recall past experiences. They give rise to culture and allow society to advance. In contrast, memory also stores our pain, our embarrassment, and our heartache. As humans, our standard response to this recollection … Read more
A1: Describe a healthcare problem The problem presented is pain control in children postoperatively. Currently there are no proven ways to accurately measure postoperative pain in children. Hospital staff tend to under estimate the pain of children. Staff have only the word of patients and caregivers, combined with pain scales, which can be less than … Read more
During this time of extreme suffering God would continually tell me, “Donna you will be better at the end of this then you were going into it. And, be thankful you are not paralyzed. ” The MRI was extremely painful for me. The MRI machine vibrates and the vibration sent my body into unexplainable horrid … Read more