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Chronic pain
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Chronic pain
- Authors: Samantha Lindley and Polly Taylor
- From: BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Rehabilitation, Supportive and Palliative Care
- Item: Chapter 3, pp 18 - 30
- DOI: 10.22233/9781905319916.3
- Copyright: © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Publication Date: January 2010
Abstract
The management of chronic pain is an emerging discipline in veterinary medicine. It requires an understanding of chronic pain that is beyond that of ‘acute pain that has lasted a long time’. This chapter will address some of the intellectual dilemmas of chronic pain and then set out a practical approach to assessing and treating chronic pain. This will include sections of Pain and suffering; Definition of chronic pain; Neurophysiology; Assessment of pain and suffering; A pragmatic approach to the treatment of chronic pain in dogs and cats; Osteoarthritis; and Chronic pain clinics.
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Chronic pain causes the same physiological changes in the body as does chronic stress. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Chronic pain causes the same physiological changes in the body as does chronic stress.
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Pain and suffering. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Pain and suffering.
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(a) The sensory components of this dog’s pain are Achilles tendon rupture and surgical complications. (b) The emotional component of the pain is the way the dog feels about this sensation, in this case obvious from his expression. (c) The motor component is the predictable lifting of the injured leg whenever it feels painful. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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(a) The sensory components of this dog’s pain are Achilles tendon rupture and surgical complications. (b) The emotional component of the pain is the way the dog feels about this sensation, in this case obvious from his expression. (c) The motor component is the predictable lifting of the injured leg whenever it feels painful.
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Triangulation. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Triangulation.
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An approach to the treatment of chronic pain. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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An approach to the treatment of chronic pain.
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Oral transmucosal administration of buprenorphine. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Oral transmucosal administration of buprenorphine.
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A relaxed patient undergoing transcutaneous spinal electroanalgesia. © 2010 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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A relaxed patient undergoing transcutaneous spinal electroanalgesia.