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ah, it can turn the most beautiful day into a nightmare. pain. sometimes it emerges all at once and sometimes it just won't go away. what the body goes through when experiencing pain is complex. for example, if we cut our finger damage cells send out a pain signal, the electrical potential of various nerve endings is altered. as soon as this reaches a certain threshold, an electrical impulse travels by the neural pathways to the brain. the brain triggers a reflects to prevent further injury, but there are also other pain receptors. the so called c fibers produce

a longer lasting, duller sensation of pain, which causes us to go easy on the affected area. they transmit the signal more slowly to the brain via the nerves and the spinal cord. in the phallus, incoming nerve impulses are filtered and transmitted. the sensory cortex finds out which area of the body they originate from a. the a mid de la plays an important role in the emotional response. ha, pain causes stress and anxiety. that anxiety can also make the pain more intense relief. on the other hand, it's provided by the pituitary gland. here. endorphins are released that block pain receptors in the brain. areas under the prefrontal cortex are active when we become aware of the pain. it's focus of attention is limited though. if we are distracted, we become less aware of the pain. pain can be annoying or

unbearable, but it served an important purpose. it makes us respond to injury and keep our bodies intact. but this complex system can also go haywire. in the case of chronic pain, it warns us constantly and often without reason. and the brain, like in the case of psychosomatic pain, can cause the problem itself. that's another reason why it's often difficult to treat paint affectively. some remedies focus on reducing the pain stimulus or interrupting the transmission to the brain. others can help us cope with pain. sometimes trying out all the possibilities is the only option so that the nightmare eventually comes to an end

developed at this university, montreal, canada, the mcgill pain index measures the worst kinds of pain, including migraines, intense recurring headaches, renal college caused when kidney st. hands block part of the urinary tract. crohn's disease and inflammatory bowel disease which causes bloating and stomach cramps, giving birth 1st, there's the contractions then the pressure of the baby's head, stretching the perennial. getting stung by a bullet and found in central and south america. it's venomous, so toxic people compare the pain to getting shot and fibromyalgia, a chronic condition, which triggers constant pain, especially in the joints. nancy geiger was 27 years old when she

1st started getting pain of again happy. so guns, they force awesome, torn in the beginning, i had diffused symptoms, was it began with muscular pains on particularly in the morning been it was difficult for me to get going properly and i had problems taking the stairs, dieting and then as the months went by i started developing more symptoms and trauma got problems and pins and needles all over my body sleeping problems. insomnia should laugh or play marsh laugh laws as kite, but worst of all was the joint in deep muscle pain across her entire body. she struggled to do the simplest things. if i to tie i shrank, i was totally incapacitated. ha, i remember after my daughter was given the pan was bad and one night i wanted to get up and prepare some milk for her. yeah, we had 2 steps in our apartment and it was too much for me, is a short to go down to steps into the kitchen,

what to put on the kettle and prepare her formula in and i couldn't do it. i pushed an audio animation to law has gained it took years for nancy geiger to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a disorder, apparently linked to the way the central nervous system processes pain or a little that center city of. i'm a real ecologist basically told me to take painkillers when needed on, and she recommended doing something relaxing like yoga. yoga, she said she, that was the only treatment available and he moved his tyson plan. we have moved and i thought, where will this? and since my, if it's like this at the age of 32, and what about when i'm 40 to 50 or 60 of i could say, but the idea of just popping pills and relaxing didn't satisfied her. she started looking for alternatives and discovered a research project at the university hospital in my book. i think either after she knew the plex pain researcher kaci teemer is trying

to change the way her patients perceived pain by using electrical impulses to influence the barrow receptors at the base of the carotid artery barrow receptors don't just regulate blood pressure, but also indirectly influenced the way we perceive pain chronic pain seems to switch off barrow receptors rental battle that's up to one which methodist and if there are receptors are no longer properly active. the brain stem doesn't get feedback about what's happening in the body and stops its regulatory functions. when they are active barrow receptors pass on information to a small part of the brain stem that regulates blood pressure, pain, blood sugar. so anxiety, sleep and are stress helman someone. so she's developed a device that can be used to reactivate barrow receptors. it creates impulses independently of the heartbeat,

and becomes you can something like little electric shocks of differing strength. what isn't some don't hurt at all, and of course you do notice the stronger ones, the max when they make you flinch, greatly ism, but it's bearable. also michelin, the sensitivity threshold is raised a little each time. katy teemer can see the effects on her screen. she's in here, can fall out as you can see, the blood pressure and pulse rate here. the white dots are the barrel receptors, and each dot shows that a bearer receptor is responding. and that means that pain is being inhibited at that moment. the very 1st treatment got results. let him ask my after getting home from my 1st treatment, i managed to sleep through the night at my house. okay. i haven't been able to do that from madison site more. nathan and i woke up in the morning and felt like a new person from the fish. but i know you're ment. nancy geiger got the stimulation treatment 10 times along with psychotherapy sessions and the pain

disappeared. ah, they said, i've got alice furnish, the treatment has transformed my life before it. when i looked back i was so restricting i couldn't do anything. and now that was especially hard with the children. it was, this has been life changing with the best thing that could ever have happened to me from quanto. and 6 years later, her symptoms have not returned. and for over 80 percent of those who took part in the study. the effects of lasted for at least a year. the latex from the seed capsule of opium. poppy is the 1st the painkiller known to medicine. the plant was cultivated in what is today iraq over 5000 years ago. nowadays, there's a range of analgesics available to us. the classic is seattle, salicylic acid, commonly known as aspirin. it's used to reduce pain fever and information. paras

sees him all, helps with headaches and tooth ache and can also lower a temperature. ibuprofen helps relieve mild to moderate pain and fight inflammation . di clo from ac relieves pain in the muscles and joints. it's often used for sports. teresa opium poppy is also still used, medicinally it's chemically converted into morphine, making it 1000 times stronger than in its natural form. morphine is the most commonly used opioid was severe, cancer related pain, also effective against severe pain metamucil. it's mainly used for acute injury, perioperative pain and colleague. but in general, all painkillers have hidden health risks. nicholas handing a lumps to play ice hockey, but when he was younger that mom led to a spate of injuries and 8 operations,

he was mostly given mademoiselle to treat the pain. but it triggered severe side effects. the ones when you're in a situation like that and you're in pain and they give you something and it helps you don't question it. you just take it to mademoiselle is prescribed for acute severe pain. intestinal colic, abdominal cramps are high fever, but not for inflammation. but there are frequent debates about its usage because of the side effects it can cause are nicholas hannah initially took metabolism without a problem. but 2 years ago he suddenly came down with a high fever, england's at some point a fever kept getting worse. and then i was given something for it. well, one unseen solo and i developed a really bad sore throat slip was and had difficulty swallowing and

a headache like a bad flu, dawkins robberies. our doctor's did a blood test, they found extremely few granular sites. a sub group of white blood cells, meaning his ability to fight off infection, was almost non existent. a granular sy, ptosis, is known as a possible side effect of metamucil icon of its course, a granular se toasters is a dangerous, but very rare and actually easily travel disease 100 if it's detected, it's normally recognized by 3 symptoms with a sore throat, with a fever and whitish deposits in the mouth and throat advisory sugar to me again, my wonder how to protect him from infection. nicholas heading, i was isolated and given infusions to increase the granular sites in his blood. none come in visa somehow. a point came that really minute by minute things got better with drinking, eating then with the headache. cough everything. oh cool. snelson horseman was all

alone. after a few days, nicholas henning had recovered and could go home. the side effect he suffered is reportedly far rarer than those caused by other pain killers. doctors say much more widely used medication, like ibuprofen or di cloth anake are much more dangerous then we have, i, well, we have only $6200.00 cases a year of a granular se ptosis, of which only a fraction di. we really have thousands of deaths a year with the other over the counter pain medications. for example, from gastrointestinal bleeding life from cardiovascular failure, or from kidney failure. that's called self sri, order to young facade. one example is the narrowing of coronary arteries, which limits blood flow to the heart, racing the risk of a heart attack, dr. see

a connection with both ibuprofen and i clo finance. people who for years have taken large amounts of these pain killers are most at risk of exec was allison. it is very likely that this is related because we know that these drugs and especially to close on ag, have very strong side effects on the cardiovascular system. including heart attacks and hudson clocked. that's why doctors continue to recommend caution when it comes to pain killers. he's a media continuous use, in particular can be life threatening. so it's best to seek medical advice if suffering from persistent pain. oh oh. yes. and eggs are one of the most common disorders of the nervous system. the brain itself can't feel pain. there are no, no see, cept, is located in the brain tissue. usually a headache begins in the nerves of the muscles and plat vessels surrounding the head, neck,

and face. and usually the cause is nothing serious unless it's accompanied by neurological symptoms such as confusion or trouble concentrating. they could also be something seriously wrong if a headache sets in very suddenly or is unusually severe, then it's best to go straight to the emergency room. but however unpleasant, 90 percent of headaches, i'll be 9. these include migraines, tension, headaches, and cluster headaches. the good news is they can usually be treated stefan teufel has specialized him pain medicine for more than 10 years. so he's an expert on the different types of headaches. one especially severe form is cluster headaches. mm hm. class for cough. now people who suffer from cluster headaches, good, very severe pain on one side of the head. usually it's focus the behind the eye and

often the eye tears up and gets red. 10 in law who don't was august. cluster headaches are comparatively rare and mostly affect men, unlike migraines, by them in the, in migraines, the pain is usually on one side of the head, but not always as if that's just the classic form on the left or the right side. if usually it has a kind of throbbing or pulsating quality. one and migraines are usually accompanied by others. symptoms like sensitivity to light and sounds or smells hawks and physical. migraines can be debilitating, but tension headaches can also be very painful. the funnels in head aches tend to involve a sense of tightness or pressure guns. patients often describe was sensation of pressure pushing down on their head and like wearing a cap or a hat that's too tight and focus from all the water. the tension headaches can also be accompanied by nausea and sensitivity to light,

but they tend to be less severe than in migraines as difficult thing. i was picked up by them in class. when a headache strikes, relaxation can help fresh an exercise can often banish attention. headache, but exercise won't help in the middle of a migraine attack by them aglena dot, when it comes to migraines, there are 2 main therapeutic approaches. talking about 1st treating the migraine attacks as they're happening in english. and 2nd prophylaxis will you try to reduce the frequency and severity of migraine attacks. in terms of medication, we have an arsenal of drugs available to us in the 1st or simple traditional pain medications like aspirin and i be broken. that's not going to be a studio, we will puffin. there's also a class of medications called trip tains, which can help relieve a cluster or migraine headache. but many patients don't want to depend on medication. that's where other forms of pain relief can help. like

a mustard powder, fit valve into a here in the clinic. we also use things like mustard powder for an active migraine . it's a therapy that comes from anthropocentric medicine. he and many people say it's helpful that i think would focus on at the 1st sign of a migraine, so keel feet for 10 minutes in lukewarm water, mixed with mustard powder. then rinse your feet to remove the oils. and as infancy itself, the mustard seed is pungent and has a nit to, it's not a shorter thought. it's finally ground, which helps release is essential oils in had that's the pungent parts fan and the so when the powder comes into contact with the skin, it activates the kind of warm and pain restaurant sahu, alabama snapped sites won't get our patients tell us that it feels like it's drawing the heat and pressure out of their head and down towards their feet. maps austin, cough not only progressive muscle relaxation techniques can also help patients

focus on tightening and relaxing various muscle groups in sequence that can relieve tension, which in turn helps relieve the headache knowing how and why headaches arise can also help patients learn how to cope. but sometimes headaches can be a sign of something more serious a fairly her as a some headache symptoms could indicate a serious illness d that could include a ruptured brain aneurism, or meningitis, which is an inflammation of the protective membranes of the brain. so that's something that a doctor needs to look at in an aneurism. the 1st symptom is usually a sudden agonizing had a conceptual. someone with meningitis will often have a high fever off his eyes. once other conditions have been ruled out, patients can experiment with things that might help. some people find cold, useful, others warmth, the heat of a hair dry, for example,

to relieve headaches that occurred you to tense, neck muscles. with who to put, i would always encourage patients to try to figure out what helps them what relieves the pain as on headache sufferers often find very creative solutions or creative people who suffer from headaches should also stay clear if junk, food, a daily routine with regular balanced meals can help to and during a busy day, meals are also a good time to relax and clean your head. ah, there is also a range of natural remedies for pain. rosemary from the mediterranean, contains di subpoena and essential oils that can help treat. so muscles and back pain tumor from asia can help treat rheumatoid arthritis. and post operative information.

ah, and indonesia clove oil can help soothe sol, throats, and tooth 8. ah, and what about this? the cannabis plant? it can be addictive so many all wary, but it's also effective in combating chronic pain. what does the signs say? cannabis a psycho active drug with medical uses. but recent hype about, it's an additional benefits appears to be over guns fill owens up, many patients in our clinic, expect too much. what's holding men of autumn, i skipped on sooner, but very few patients actually benefit on guns vinegar. oh, this is the cannabis plant. it's flowers produce a group of chemicals called candidate noise. the most important r t h c, and c, b, d. medical cannabis product come in the form of capsules as

oil or spray. even the dried flowers can be prescribed. they contain varying proportions of th, c, and c, b d can of annoyed affect our body and our mind, our body has its own canada noid receptors. that's why there were high hopes that cannabis might help tackle a whole range of ailments, not just pain, but also inflammation, muscular tension, and anxiety. pain, therapist, my a flag and bag has tried cannabis products on many of her patients. she can recall when the prescription 1st became legal and there was an explosion of interest. but often the results have been disappointing ins. kazama a hot in most of our patients wanted to stop the treatment again because it wasn't good enough at reducing pain. dish mouse effect in abilene's mission all high. good

. poor results. little scientific proof. pain experts have grown skeptical. my off i can bag nose from the few studies that do exist. that kind of annoys are most effective, intriguing nerve pain. but by no means do all neuropathies suffers benefit dot as a saw does. yeah, we need to treat 9.5 patients to find one who benefits. and that's a pretty poor outcomes, just the phone seamlessly to sickness. oh. and yet, there are cases where medical cannabis works amazingly well for is equal to peep. gosh, for example. she's been suffering from multiple sclerosis for 50 years now. and recently had a mild stroke. she doesn't react well to strong painkillers, the flu, but cannabis drops now help her to get by in her everyday life. muggy.

dr. young stalk often uses cannabis products on elderly patients because they have both physical and psychological effects and can improve their general quality of life. cannibal noise also have another benefit. they're easier on the liver and kidneys than many other drugs. one of the one fish lime is we do gen to prescribe it more frequently to older patients with poor kid me or liver function must be or in those cases where we would have to give very high doses of other drugs for them to work on monday. to come in and do you 0, but also to 0 them thus equal proven the cannabis plant remains mysterious. sometimes very small doses are effective, but often it doesn't work at all. and it's not easy for doctors to predict who it will help and who it won't. the picture remains hazy. lou,

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