| Preface |
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| Part I: Understanding Pain |
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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Pain |
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Chapter 2 Suffer No More: Why Pain Is Bad for You and How to Get Relief |
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Chapter 3 Chronic Pain: Hope through Research |
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Chapter 4 Assessment and Measurement of Acute Pain |
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Chapter 5 Probing the Underpinnings of Pain |
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| Part II: Headaches |
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Chapter 6 The Ache and the Head |
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Chapter 7 Headache Misery May Yield to Proper Treatment |
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Chapter 8 Tension-Type Headache |
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Chapter 9 The Migraine Aura |
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Chapter 10 Headache: Myth, Misunderstanding, and Mistreatment |
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Chapter 11 The Eye and Headache |
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Chapter 12 Results of a National Poll of Migraine Sufferers |
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Chapter 13 Sleep: Searching a New Frontier for Answers |
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Chapter 14 What Can Be Done About Headache? |
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Chapter 15 How to Find a Headache Doctor |
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| Part III: Backaches |
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Chapter 16 Back Talk: Advice for Suffering Spines |
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Chapter 17 The New Thinking on Low-back Pain |
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Chapter 18 Understanding Acute Low-back Problems |
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Chapter 19 Chiropractic Manipulation and Federal Guidelines on Low Back Pain Treatment |
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Chapter 20 Neck Pain and Disorders of the Cervical Spine |
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| Part IV: Some Other Common Forms of Nerve and Muscle Pain |
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Chapter 21 Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureaux) |
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Chapter 22 Bell's Palsy: A Painful, Disfiguring Ailment |
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Chapter 24 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome |
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Chapter 25 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSIs) |
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Chapter 26 Making a Stand Against Leg Cramps |
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Chapter 27 Spinal Stenosis: A Subtle Source of Leg Pain |
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Chapter 28 Knee Pain: Strong Enough to Stop the Pain |
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Chapter 29 Heel Pain: It's Usually a Symptom of Plantar Fasciitis |
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Chapter 30 No Strain, No Pain: The Bottom Line in Treating Hemorrhoids |
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Chapter 31 Painful Menstruation and Menstrual Cramps |
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| Part V: Surgical Pain |
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Chapter 32 Acute Pain Management: Operative or Medical Procedures and Trauma |
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Chapter 33 Pains Following an Amputation |
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Chapter 34 Anesthesia: Safer and More Choices |
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Chapter 35 Calming Fears, Easing Pain: Children's Anesthesia Is Tricky |
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| Part VI: Cancer Pain |
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Chapter 36 Cancer Pain: What Is It? How Do I Talk About It? |
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Chapter 37 Relieving Cancer Pain with Medicines |
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Chapter 38 Relieving Cancer Pain without Medicines |
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| Part VII: Managing Pain |
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Chapter 39 Multidisciplinary Teams: The Integrated Approach to the Management of Pain |
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Chapter 40 Guidelines to Help Select a Pain Unit |
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Chapter 41 The Challenge of Relieving Pain |
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Chapter 42 Pain, Pain Go Away: An FDA Guide to Nonprescription Pain Relievers (OTC) |
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Chapter 43 Taking Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) |
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Chapter 44 Aspirin: Potent Pain Relief, but Misuse Can Be Dangerous |
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Chapter 45 A Burning Question: When Do You Need an Antacid? |
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Chapter 46 Taking Beta Blocker Drugs |
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Chapter 47 Patches, Pumps, and Timed Release: New Ways to Deliver Drugs |
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Chapter 48 Treating Chronic Pain with Implantable Therapies |
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Chapter 49 Integration of Behavioral and Relaxation Techniques for the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Insomnia |
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Chapter 50 What Can Be Done When the Pain Won't Go Away? |
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Chapter 51 Living With Chronic Pain: A How-to-Manage Manual for Families of Chronic Pain Patients |
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Chapter 52 Aggressive Pain Management as an Alternative to Euthanasia for the Terminally Ill Patient |
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| Part VII: Pain Resources |
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| Index |
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