Pain: Managing the Unmanageable A Lal
INDEX
A
Acus 35
Acute gout 155
Acute pain
alarm bell 36
clinical manifestations 36
Analgesics 27, 42, 68, 136, 140
alarmist view 144
aspirin 150
general pharmacology 140
hypnotic effect 143
safe opiates 148
steroids 149
Anesthetics 68, 167
blocking neural pathways 167
deadening local pains 170
devices 169 distress free 170
laughing gas 168
safe when awake 173
Antidepressants 57
Antiinflammatory drugs 42
Anxiety 30
Arthritis 47, 65, 122
Aspirin 150
Attention and perception mechanism 56
B
Backache 27
Body detects, brain reacts mechanism 56
Body's defensive mechanism 20
Body's own pain killers 20, 83
Body's pain protectors 85
Body's pain signals 25
Brain controlling mechanism 56
Burning pain 46
C
Carpal tunnel syndrome 41
Causalgia syndrome 44
Chronic fatigue syndrome 89
Chronic pain 36, 107, 111, 164
arthritis 37
carcinomatosis 37
dull ache 37
entrapment syndrome 37
facial pain 37
neuralgia 37
nociceptive mechanism of origin 38
transmission of pain 38
weakens immune system 38
Cold packs 71, 105
Congenital analgesia 8
D
Depression 30
Drugs: New and different 155
Dysmenorrhea 155
E
Endorphins 60, 85, 90
Essential components of pain 31
Exercise as an analgesia 86
Explaining pain 78
F
First pain 59
Food as cause and food as cure 110
carbohydrate-based foods 124
food allergens 121
friendly fats 118
getting away from fats 117
hormonal imbalance 119
iron intake 124
primary culprits 113
pyridoxine 133
therapeutic nutrition 112
Food therapy 111
Foods that fight pain 111, 115
G
Gate theory 53, 55, 71
Gates 58, 83, 93
H
Headaches 47, 77, 122
Heterotropic pain 39
Human pain behavior 43, 51
Hunger pain 46
5-hydroxytryptamine 57
I
Insomnia 30
Intermittent claudication 88
Intermittent pain 46
Intriguing 45
direct stimulation of spinal cord 46
phenomenon 45
physical and occupational therapy 46
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 46, 55
J
Jumping pain 46
L
Lightning pain 46
M
Managing pain 81
Mechanist theory 49
law of adequate stimulation 50
nociceptors 50
Memperidine 60
Meru chikitsa 97
Migraine 47, 77
Mobile pain 46
Morphine 60
N
Nature of pain 32
Needling 94
Neuropathy 128
No pain organ 58
No-pain phenomenon 15
Non-mainstream therapies 108
Non-pharmacological modalities 92
acupuncture 94
autosuggestion 102
biofeedback 104
chiropractice 96
functional levels 93
hypnosis 101
ionized bracelets 100
magnet therapy 97
massage 106
osteopathy 96
psychotherapy 103
relaxation 103
TENS 106
thermal therapy 104
NSAIDs 138
O
Osteomyelitis 9
Oxidative stress 131
P
Pain 1
blindness 8
body's alarm system 4
conditioning effect 17
cultural determinants 16
depression 3
dimensions of mood 20
flight or fight 4
highly malleable 10
insomnia 3
measurement of subjective responses 13
myriad parameters 2
nature of pain 13
pain-killing hormones 10
protects the body 5
sustains life 4
totally nihilist 9
unexplained 11
Pain and panic 18
Pain blindness 32
Pain diagnosis
history of pain 74
pain culprits 76
paralingual parameters 74
physical examination 74
premonitory symptoms 77
six behaviors 75
symptoms of pain 75
Pain hurts 80
Pain phenomenon 53
Pain signal 55, 58
Pain threshold 28, 90, 127
Pain-blind 25
Painkillers 120
Pattern theory 52
Pectoris 113
PET scanning method 56
Phantom limb 43, 51
Pharma frenzy 161
Placebo effect 33, 102
Poena 1
Private enemy no. 1 22
fatigue and pain 24
genetic roots 25
matter of mind 23
no virtue in endurance 33
pain threshold 28
perceive pain 29
peristalsis malfunction 34
purely a personal experience 30
spurious pain 23
tolerance level 29
Professional cramp 41
Prostaglandins 58
Pyridoxine 133
R
Referred pain 38
Reflexive withdrawal 63
Relief for the diabetics 128
Rheumatoid arthritis 155
Rituals for relief 64
acupressure 69
acupuncture 69
apathy and indifference 65
behavioral approaches 69
controllable and treatable 65
exact analysis 67
invasive procedures 70
medication 68
non-invasive techniques 69
pharmacological 70
psychological 70
TENS 69
Rub-on-relief 159
S
Seat of pain perception 61
cerebral cortex of the brain 61
thalamus 61
Second pain 59
Sleep: the safest analgesia 88
Spondylitis 155
Springomyelia 9
Stress-related hormones 34
Stroke 61
Stump hallucination 44
Subjective nature of pain 54
Subjective pain 46
Swedish Shiatsu 106
T
TENS 93, 106
Thalamic pain syndromes 61
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 55
Transmission of pain 71
Transmission of pain sensations 49
Transmission of pain signals 60
W
Wonder pain 46
Work: the best analgesia 89
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