Essays on Pain

Epicureanism is a philosophical system of teachings that were advanced by an atomic materialist known as Epicurus. The teachings of Epicurus suggested that pleasure is the greatest good and it is important that one achieves this pleasure by living a modest life and trying to achieve knowledge and education about different mechanisms of this earth and limiting one’s longings. Epicurus taught that if happiness is present in our lives then we have in our possession all we require but if we lack happiness then we do all we can in order to achieve it. He argued that for

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Introduction

Angina refers to pain or tightness experienced in the chest area (Jevon, 2012). Angina is divided into stable and unstable angina. Stable angina takes place on exertion and occurs when the heart muscle demand for blood is more than the supply. On the other hand, unstable angina may occur in variety of clinical situations. This may include patients having coronary artery disease. Patients having unstable angina usually undergo diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are used on other coronary artery diseases patients (Braunwald, 1997).
Unstable angina emanates from the increase in myocardial oxygen demand or in a reduction in myocardial

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The article titled “Mediation Has Power to Influence Your Gene” by Christopher Bergland gives a summary of the findings of two researchers conducted to investigate the relationship between meditation and pain. The first research explored by the article was conducted by a group of Scientist from Spain and France. According to Christopher, it was the first study to establish that there was an alteration of gene expressions in individuals practicing mindfulness mediation. The article reported that the comparison of gene alterations was done between experienced mediators who had undergone intensive mediation and untrained control participants who were involved in

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Basil Plant. The Bright and Dark side of it.
Basil Plant. The Bright and Dark side of it.
Basil plant botanical name is Ocimum basilicum. It is described as herb, and Basil is found in several types with the most common being sweet basil. Other types include purple basil, lemon basil and Thai basil (Hengel, 2012). Basil has been treated and used differently in different cultures and peoples of the world.
Basil Plant has also been used in many other poems. Sandy James who is a yahoo contributor wrote this poem about Basil.

“An excellent container pot plant;
“Sweet

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Even though there are virtuous heroes in fiction, an antihero does not usually fight for a greater cause, nor does he stand up for an ideal; he is typically selfish, self-aggrandizing, and often emotionally tortured or damaged in some way. An antihero hardly ever takes the overt side of the good or bad guys, instead acting according to his own interests, making him slightly more complex than your typical goody-two-shoes hero. Fyodor Dostoyevsky's dark 1864 book Notes from the Underground tells the story of the Underground Man, a rambling, incoherent, and bitter civil servant in St. Petersburg. The novel's

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Acupuncture is a component of the traditional Chinese medicine. It is also categorized under complementary and alternative medicine – medical practices that are not part of the standard care. Acupuncture is used to describe a collection of processes, which involve skin penetration using needles. These processes stimulate certain points on the body. The mode of action of acupuncture is based on the theory that the functions of the body are under the regulation of an energy ‘Qi’. Under normal body conditions, this energy flows through the body, and any disruption of flow causes disease. Acupuncture, therefore, aims to rectify the

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Extraneous variables may have an influence on the dependent variable. In what ways do researchers attempt to control extraneous variables?

Extraneous variables are variables which have not been controlled while dependent variables are the probability of achieving success. Extraneous variables have influence to the outcome and researchers use some methodology to control them.One of the ways researchers use is making the extraneous variable constant where they try to ensure that there are no changes in the values taken by the extraneous variables during experiments through randomization. For example, when one is testing the effect of temperature on plant growth soil type and amount of water to be constant. These are extraneous variables that affect the experiment. This method of

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The aim of this essay is to present you with a literary analysis of the poem ‘London’ which is written by William Blake (1757-1827). The poem was written in 1792 and was included in the combined edition titled ‘Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience’ which was edited in 1794. This is a poem which seems classical in value since it depicts the society of the capital of England in an era which seems to bear numerous traits and characteristics in common with nowadays society.
The end of the 18th century was a period marked by the increasingly worrying

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Ever since its classification as a schedule one drug in 1970, cannabis has been defined by many as a dangerous hallucinogen with a lot of negative effects because of the psychoactive effects of one of its components delta -9 Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The consequences of this negative and biased definition is that people who are suffering from chronic illnesses that cause them a lot of pain such as cancer, glaucoma and epilepsy have been denied a chance to benefit from the positive aspects of cannabis.
According to cancer (n.d) cannabis has another compound, cannabidiol (cbd) that “inhibits tumor growth by

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When a family member pain can be helped with marijuana, we should focus on well-being of the patient. This paper will reflect over if the US Government should legalize marijuana. It will look at the cons and pros. Last it will explain this is important throughout the paper. There is no argument that this is a drug. Everyone knows the risk of using drugs.
They would take advantage of this situation, like the abuse of Medicaid fraud. There would be people claiming to have an illness when they are healthy. There will be doctors willing to risk their medical

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Philosophy

Plato has Socrates portray a crowd of people who live chained in a cave of their lives while facing a plain wall. These people watch the shadows on the wall by the objects that pass in front of a fire behind these people and begin to assign shadow names.
Socrates starts by asking Glaucon to visualize a cave occupied by prisoners who were imprisoned since childhood in a way that their necks and legs are fixed, which they unable to move their heads so they are forced to stare at a wall in facing them. Behind them is a

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- Forearm fracture types for which plate fixation may be used

Forearm fractures according to the region

Fractures around the elbow:
- Radial head fractures
- Olecranon fractures

Wrist fractures

Ulnar shaft fractures
Both forearm fractures
Forearm fracture according to the type of fracture
Ulna, radius intact
radius, Ulna intact

Both bones fracture

All these groups can have single, wedge or complex fractures, and for all these groups of fractures open reduction internal fixation can be used.

In general these plates can be used for Ulna, radius fractures:

Locking plates 2.0
Dynamic compression plates 2.4
Universal fracture plate 2.4
Locking reconstruction plates 2.4
All these plates have different sizes which according to the fracture are chosen.
- The intended effect of

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Patient medical information

K.A, a 17years old high school gymnast, fall and fracture his left femur several weeks ago. He has been on bed rest in skeletal traction since then, because of painful muscle spasms ,He often refuses to be turn or to move voluntarily.
1) Create a nursing care plan for KA with the above medical conditions.
2) Nursing Diagnosis?

Goals/Expected Outcomes?

Nursing Orders?
3) Define terms of assessment of the musculoskeletal system.

Nursing care plan for patient K. A

The nursing care plan is targeted at managing the muscle spasm and pain experienced by the patient.
Nursing diagnosis for this patient is that of Acute Pain. This may be

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There are many people suffering from various diseases that cause them a lot of pain making their lives miserable, even though marijuana offers them a way of reducing their pain and making their lives better, it is still classified as a schedule 1 drug and therefore is illegal. 17 states have so far legalized it for medical use since there is a lot of scientific evidence and patient reports pointing to its health benefits and it should therefore be legalized.
Marijuana has been used for medical purposes since time immemorial, ancient civilizations such as Egypt and Greece used it

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Debate about the legality and morality of Euthanasia has been a phenomenon since time immemorial. How can it be lawful to let a patient die slowly and painless through a lethal injection thus saving his/her family from yet another ordeal to add to what has already befallen them? It is very difficult to find a moral answer to this question. Euthanasia is a process of ending a person’s life in order to relieve them from an unbearable pain, irreversible comma or an incurable disease. Is it really right to help a patient end their suffering by helping them

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A sensitive, yet realistic movie about the life and work of a popular Mexican artist, “Frida” tells the story of Frida Kahlo, a young woman who begins to paint after a trolley accident in which she was badly injured, bringing her close to her death. Although she felt the consequences of that accident throughout her life through insupportable pain, she managed to fight death with creativity, internal emotion, passion, inner feelings and talent, becoming a painter. The movie presents some of her works, which indicate a strong style, vivid passion and intense emotions, marked through the use of strong,

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REPORT: OPIOIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS

Introduction
In many instances, young people use prescription drugs without prescription from physicians; this is prescription drug abuse. National surveys reveal that prescription drugs used in the treatment of ADHD, pain and anxiety are abused by young adults. The commonly abused prescription drugs include; Central Nervous System depressants, opioids and stimulants. Opioids are drugs prescribed for pain treatment. This report presents an analysis of opioids and their effects on young adults within my community. In order to do this, it explored description, prevalence statistics, effects and possible solutions to use.
Opioids are medications used in pain relief; they reduce

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Abstract

On the differential diagnosis of the presented medical history, several medical conditions relating to the cardiovascular, digestive, respiratory, muscle and bone systems can be linked with those medical signs and symptoms. Exploring the several causes of the chest pain, all the above systems listed are likely to be a cause. However, the history of hypertension eliminates those that are related to the digestive, muscular and bony etiologies. Further reviewing the role of high cholesterol, palor and increased sweating, a conclusion of heart attack or condition is made. Further investigations might need to be conducted to make the definitive diagnosis.

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Comparing and Contrasting Three Sources of Power

Power is defined as the potential to influence others or the capacity to produce certain desired results (Hughes, Ginnet & Curphy, 2012, p. 118). Leadership and power are closely related because people tend to follow people with power. And because others follow powerful people, the person with power becomes a leader (Hughes, Ginnet & Curphy, 2012). Power is not exclusive to leaders because the follower or subordinates also possess the ability to influence change in leadership.
The five sources of power are coercive power, reward power, legitimate power, referent power and expert power (Hughes, Ginnet & Curphy, 2012). This paper will compare

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Sexuality impacts the family positively and negatively, the impacts are positive when sexuality is treasured and negative when approached through destructive means.
Sexual harassment and coercion is an inapt promise of a compensation in exchange of sex without the consent an individual, it involve bullying sometime. It can also be defined as the trick normally employed by the perpetrators to trick or rather intimidating people into indulging in sexual activity without their consent.
Sex is one of the extreme intimate relationship, when done to imply honesty, trust, closeness, and the willingness to be exposed in varying degree. Furthermore, intimate

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Over the recent years, the number of patients having physical therapy for pain management has drastically increased. Physical therapy involves physical exercises such as stretching and a range of motion exercises aimed at maintaining flexibility, strength, and mobility. Physical therapy embraces hot and cold therapy to mitigate pain in body parts. Chronic pain among people is one of the major illnesses, which have presented itself people around the world. People have, over the years, been using drugs in mitigating chronic pains. There has been a persistent use of prescribed medicines to manage pain. Improvement in technology and medical skills

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Simone Weil was born in France 1909 in a Jewish and agnostic society. She studied philosophy at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and after her graduation, she taught in provincial schools while developing activities in defense of the workers retrenched from small towns where she taught her classes. In 1934 she decided to leave teaching to become a worker in the factories of Alshtom and Renault. Her main reason was to get in contact with what she perceived as “real life". The decision she made was based on her conviction that theory should be brought in line

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Loss of innocence is no doubt the greatest theme in the novel, The Bluest Eye, a story in which sexual acts are illegal, harsh and extremely hurtful. The novel gives prominence to the aspect of coming of age sexually. The black girls in the novel are brought out as victims that are both socially powerless and sexually abused – they lose their innocence to the situation in which they are growing. Perhaps the most noteworthy example of the loss of innocence in the novel is when Pecola is raped twice by her father Cholly Breedlove. The young girl gets raped

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The aim of this essay is to present you with a literary analysis of the poem ‘London’ which is written by William Blake (1757-1827). The poem was written in 1792 and was included in the combined edition titled ‘Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience’ which was edited in 1794. This is a poem which seems classical in value since it depicts the society of the capital of England in an era which seems to bear numerous traits and characteristics in common with nowadays society.
The end of the 18th century was a period marked by the increasingly worrying

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Assisted suicide

Recently in the newspapers there was a man who killed his wife who was suffering from stage four cancer. In his defense, he said that the wife had asked him to kill her in order for her to stop feeling pain. The wife was no longer responding to pain medication and was in agony for several weeks. This act of mercy killing is called euthanasia.

Euthanasia

Euthanasia is defined as the intentional killing of people in order to relieve them from pain and suffering. Euthanasia is a hotly debated topic. Critics believe that mercy killing is unethical. They believe that

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Introduction

Pain is an essential part of the body’s defense system which is perceived as an unpleasant feeling. Pain produces a quick warning to the central nervous system to start motor response as a minimization of harm. Lack of pain perception is dangerous can cause grave problems such as Auto-amputation, corneal scarring or self-mutilation. Researchers in the medical profession have distinguished between pain and what is known as nociception. Nociception occurs when signals get to the central nervous system as a result of the activation of nociceptors (Svokos & Goldstein, 2009). Nociceptors are special sensory receptors which relay information regarding

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Introduction

Lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD refers to a semisynthetic psychedelic drug belonging to the ergoline family. The drug is well known for the psychological effect. These psychological effects include altered thinking, synesthesia, closed- and open-eye visuals, a changed sense of spiritual experiences, as well as time. The drug is used as a recreational drug, an entheogen, or as a psychedelic therapy agent. LSD is not known to cause addiction or damage to the brain and has a very low toxicity when compared to the dose administered (Lüscher and Ungless).

History

The first synthesis of LSD was conducted in 1938

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Grendel is a character from the heroic epic poem Beowulf that is certainly worth remembering. Despite the ambiguity of his nature, Grendel, it seems that the emotions and impulses that drive him are vaguely human. Therefore, considering vaguely human character traits that Grendel possesses, almost any ‘human’ hero with the right set of heroic qualities could defeat a monster like Grendel.
When Grendel first reveals himself and attacks the sleeping men at Heorot, which is King Hrothgar's mead-hall, the narrator of the poem claims that his motives are anger and envy of the nightly entertainment at the mead-hall, while

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The spirit of the professional career, attitudes, values, and techniques of interacting with patients are considered as essential vocational and technical skills in the nursing profession. This becomes even important when patient is in grief. Post operative pain management is one of the challenges for the nurse as well as the doctor. It is important to identify the patient’s pain in the same way as he complaints. By this way, a better control of post operative pain will be achieved. I believe that patient’s grief should be assessed as they depict and explain. I chose this article ‘

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Over the recent years, the number of patients having physical therapy for pain management has drastically increased. Physical therapy involves physical exercises such as stretching and a range of motion exercises aimed at maintaining flexibility, strength, and mobility. Physical therapy embraces hot and cold therapy to mitigate pain in body parts. Chronic pain among people is one of the major ailments which have presented itself people around the world. People have, over the years, been using drugs in mitigating chronic pains. There has been a persistent use of prescribed medicines to manage pain. Improvement in technology and medical skills

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Many individuals pursuing the nursing career have it in their aspirations to be actively involved in the restoration of health to individuals who need it. It is, therefore, the dream of every nursing professional to restore smiles on the faces of people who had lost it to pain and suffering. This is quite interesting bearing in mind that patients spend most of their time with the nurses. It is the nurses who give the prescribed medicine, they do the cleaning, and they prepare the patients for other medical procedures, and so on. In other words, a patient’s recovery

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Atul Gawande’s ‘Complications: A Surgeon's notes on imperfect science’ is a gem-like collection of short non-fictional essays based on the medical accounts and experiences of the eighth-year surgical resident. Atul is also a Harvard Med graduate, New Yorker staff and a Rhodes Scholar. He portrays the thrill of the day-to-day surgical and medical drama through his undeniable gift and power conjure up the reality of the ward. The book impresses for its authenticity, truth and virtues that paint Dr. Gawande as a forceful, uncompromising, reasonable, poetic and insightful writer. ‘Complications’ is highly recommended for those interested in the

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Losing a loved one because of an addiction is a suffering. It is a suffering that haunts that person forever. This paper will discuss the dangers of addiction of alcohol. It will explain why the media and society can majority be a danger to this problem. Last, it will provide a way to help this problem.
This paper requires an open-minded please. This is going to bring one of the sensitive topics in the society. This briefly discussed so we can discuss the addiction of alcohol. This is the reason called judgment.
Every human makes mistakes. When we do,

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The Raven is a poem that evokes terrible sadness. It is a sadness that inevitably comes from living with the reality that death is irreversible. Teasers and reminders arrive at the door and windowsill at times. They evoke a spark of optimistic hope for the return of a loved one. Yet, responding to those teasers only reiterates the fact that death is insensitive and final. The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe, ignites a variety of different feelings once this poem is clearly understood. The feelings are sadness, fear and gratitude. Because of the gratitude, happiness once again becomes a

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Tattoos are not what they used to be. I’m not sure if the years of mainstream print, social, advertising, and published media hasn’t a clue of what the ink means, or they just don’t care. And it shows. It bothers me that tattoos haven’t been explained well to a world that no longer uses them effectively. Sure there are remote places that still abide the traditional values of it, but the grand majority does not. As a product of recycled messages and tangled motivation, I can only explain why I cannot have any permanent tattoos.

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Corporal punishment is a methodology of punishing a person by inflicting painful experiences m or pain as retribution for a wrong action or offense committed. It is the application of physical force inflicting pain but not necessarily causing any wounds as a means of discipline. There has to be a certain degree of pain for the punishment to be classified as corporal. The corporal punishment is an effective method of correcting a child’s behavior. It stands out as the best technique to bring up young children in terms of their characters and behaviors.
The practice has raised mixed

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Urolithiasis refers to the condition where there is the formation of urinary stones as well as their location in the urinary system. While the term urolithiasis refers to those stones that are in the ureter, nephrolithiasis also known as renal calculus refers to those stones that are found in the kidney, and cystolithiasis (vesical calculi) refers to the stones that are formed or located into the urinary bladder (Pearle, Calhoun, & Curhan, 2007).
The urinary stones also known as calculi refer to the hardened mineral deposits forming in the kidney. The stones originate as microscopic after which they develop into

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Torture is an act of deliberately imposing ruthless physical pain on an individual who is under arrest or physically restrained and is unable to protect himself or herself against the pain being inflicted. This paper is going to synthesize Christopher Hitchens’ essay titled , “Believe me, it is torture” and David Wallace’s “Consider the Lobster”.
It is not an easy task to judge Hitchens’ point of view of categorizing water-boarding as inflicting physical pain and the underlying contention on the fact that no human being should be subjected to torture (Hitchens 3). I am in support of this notion

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Animal experimentation has been widespread for numerous years and in some parts of the world it still is. The earliest references about animals being used for experimental reasons are dated back in the 4th and 2nd century B.C., when Greek philosopher Aristotle, whose writings were also focused on biology, and Greek anatomist Erasistratus, conducted experiments on animals (Cohen and Loew). Throughout the years, animal testing and especially vivisection has raised high levels of controversy and criticism. Vivisection is defined as the surgical act conducted on living animals in order to examine the internal structure of the animal for biomedical

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In David Foster Wallace’s seminal nonfiction essay “Consider the Lobster,” the noted author reports for a culinary magazine his experiences at the 2004 Maine Lobster Festival. According to Wallace, “The Maine Lobster Festival represents less an intersection of the [tourism and lobster] industries than a deliberate collision, joyful and lucrative and loud” (Wallace). From basic descriptions of the etymology and history of the lobster and the event itself, Wallace moves on to even stickier metaphysical questions as to the nature of this ritualistic delicacy, even approaching moral questions as to the ethics of cooking and killing lobster. While

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