Pain Treatments for Aging Patients PDF
By:Wiliam Ackerman
Published on 2017-11-24 by
Elderly people are like old cars; over time they fall apart. Older individuals are those who are over 65 years of age. Because of the baby boomer generation, between the years 2010 and 2030, the population of the United States over 65 years of age will increase to 73%. The majority of these individuals will require life time medical care including pain management. Your body begins aging after you reach age 20. When you are young, your cells in your body reproduce and help heal your joints, your discs in your back, neck etc. Body changes occur because of cellular changes throughout your body. Cigarette smoking, poor diet, substance abuse etc. cause cell changes throughout your body. As a result, aging affects your joints, organs (i.e. heart, kidneys) brain, etc. Over time as you age, your cells lose the ability to repair themselves. Your cells in your body essentially wear out. Consequently, your joints become arthritic, your muscle mass decreases; your hair becomes thin, your bones fracture easily, etc. Your genetic makeup (DNA) determines when your body begins to wear out. In other words, your body is designed to wear out. Almost everyone experiences pain at some time, but elderly individual experience the most pain. St. Augustine wrote in the 5th century that all diseases afflicting Christians were derived from demons. Ancient tribal concepts of pain were based on beliefs that evil spirits were sent as punishment from their gods to invade one's body and cause severe pain. In the book of Genesis, Eve was condemned to pain during childbirth as a result of her encounter with the devil in the Garden of Eden. It has been reported that a shaman could suck an evil spirit from a wound to decrease one's pain. The ancient Greeks such as Aristotle were the first individuals who believed that pain was derived from various nerves in the body. The cause of pain was unknown to them. Pain can be a natural response to injury and disease. Poor pain management decreases the patient's quality of life and may contribute to suicide. The elderly are more likely than younger patients to experience adverse effects of analgesics. Drug dosing should be done starting low and going upward slowly. Oral analgesic administration is usually preferred because it is convenient and results in relatively steady blood levels. Pain medications must be prescribed with prudence in aging patients. For example, elderly patients can lose the ability for the stomach to repair itself after taking a drug that could cause ulcers (i.e. aspirin, ibuprofen, etc.). For thousands of years, doctors have been helping to relieve their patients' pain with a variety of medications and treatments. Like other areas of medicine, new subsets of doctors have become specialists in treating pain. The question that you should ask yourself is if any of the modalities such as heat, cold, injections, drugs, etc. will actually stop your pain. Your doctor will strive to provide you with a quality of life. In most instanc-es, nothing will completely stop an elderly patient's pain. Chronic pain is more difficult to treat. The goal of treatment is to decrease your pain. Nothing will totally eliminate this type of pain. The goal of pain management is to decrease your pain so that you can maintain your normal activities of daily living. Some diseases that are common in aged patients are associated with pain. Arthritis, for example, can cause joint pain. Diabetes and thyroid disease can cause nerve pain (neuropathy). Osteoporosis may be associated with bone pain. Depression can elevate your pain perception. Pain management in elderly patients must be tailored to each patient needs with attention to each patient's overall medical condition. Years ago, Voltaire summarized the medical situation of his time with respect to the practice of medicine: |Doctors pour drugs, of which they know little, for a disease, of which they know less, into patients, of which they know nothing|.
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