HTHSCI 2H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Opioid, Triptan, Cannabinoid

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HTHSCI 2H03
• Professor: Kirsten Culver

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Incorporates the following factors: the physical stimulus (what is causing the pain, the physical state of the patient. Patients that are ill, stressed or have multiple comorbidities may have a lower pain tolerance than others that are healthy, fit, well: the emotional state of the patient. Poor emotional state, lack of support, etc can lower a patie(cid:374)t"s pai(cid:374) tolera(cid:374)(cid:272)e: the patie(cid:374)t"s past e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:449)ith pai(cid:374, the patie(cid:374)t"s (cid:271)eliefs a(cid:271)out the i(cid:373)pli(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s of (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g i(cid:374) pai(cid:374) Pain is simply a symptom, it is natural, that our bodies use to make us pay attention to/attend to something going on with our bodies. People with chronic pain, migraines, etc may experience acute pain differently than others- they may have better coping strategies to manage. Pai(cid:374) is referred to as the (cid:862)5th vital sig(cid:374)(cid:863: difficult to measure because we are entirely reliant on the client to report the pain.