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Enhancing Mental Health of Children with Juvenile Arthritis

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Little Sarah woke up with a swollen and unbearable pain in her finger. As she cried in pain, her parents panicked trying to figure out the cause of their daughter's swollen finger. They had a shock of their lives when their 6-year-old child was diagnosed with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. “I might look like a normal child, but my insides were screaming in pain every day. I can't eat, dress and even speak sometimes. It is even worse than living lonely,” said Sarah now 18. Just like Sarah, there are about 300,000 children who are suffering from Juvenile Arthritis (JA) and about 1 in 250 children are diagnosed with arthritis in the United States. The most common type of childhood arthritis is Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. 'July' is marked as a juvenile arthritis awareness month to increase awareness for early signs and symptoms of JA and even appreciate little warriors who are bravely battling with this disease. Arthritis is commonly associated with ol...

Little Known Benefits of Opioid Pain Management

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Opioids are a type of narcotic pain medication. Opioid pain medication includes naloxone and oxymoron, oxycodone and acetaminophen, oxycodone, methadone, meperidine hydromorphone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, codeine. Most of these drugs are prescribed by your doctor to take by mouth. Fentanyl is available in the form of a patch.  Opioid pain medication is an effective part of pain management when taken under a physician's close supervision. Opioids are known to be very effective to ease severe pain. Opioid pain medication is frequently used to treat acute pain (post-surgical pain) and severe pain caused by diseases (cancer). How do opioids work for pain management? Many pain management specialists have used opioid pain medication to treat pain for thousands of years. Opioids are effective for treating chronic pain, nerve pain, headaches and acute pain involving muscle, skin or joints and bone pain following surgery or injury. Opioids attach to the opioid receptors prese...

How is the Right Opioid Pain Medication Effective?

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Opioid pain medications are compellingly effective for pain relief , but i t is essential that patients use these medications under the careful supervision of a qualified practitioner. Opioid pain medication can provide you with the best outcom e when used properly, per the prescription and guidance of your doctor. Your doctor provides proper guidance for the safe use of opioid pain medications: He/she will prescribe the right method to take opioid pain management medications. Prescribed opioid pain medications for chronic pain is divine intervention: Typically, these medications are safe and effective for chronic pain unrelated to cancer or cancer treatments. Your doctor should consider other therapies including non opioid medications and non pharmacological treatment before considering opioid pain medications. When treating acute pain, your doctor prescribes the lowest effective dose for the shortest period required: mostly in case s of acute pain such as post-surge...