The University Health Service (UHS) is committed to providing excellent care. Preventing and treating your pain or discomfort are important aspects of your care.\u00a0 The information below will help you learn how to prevent and manage pain that you may have.<\/p>\n
Pain is an uncomfortable feeling that comes from injury, disease, or damage to your body. Pain is your body\u2019s way of sending a warning to your brain.\u00a0 When your body gets hurt, signals are sent along nerves into your spinal cord and up to your brain. \u00a0Pain medicine blocks these signals to your brain so the pain can be relieved or decreased. Sometimes pain is a nuisance, or it may, in fact, be a signal that something serious is wrong.\u00a0 Pain that is not treated may cause you to feel anxious, depressed, tired, or moody.<\/p>\n
YOUR RIGHTS \u2013 AS A PATIENT<\/strong><\/p>\n YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES \u2013 AS A PATIENT<\/strong><\/p>\n MANAGING YOUR PAIN: <\/strong>Pain can often be controlled with good assessment, planning, and patient\/family input. Become a partner with your primary care provider by discussing:<\/p>\n QUESTIONS YOU MAY WANT TO ASK<\/strong><\/p>\n MEASURING YOUR PAIN:<\/strong> Pain is personal. Your input is the key to getting the best pain relief. To assess the intensity of your pain, we often use a scale with 0 for no pain, 1-3 for mild pain, 4-7 for moderate pain, 8-9 for severe pain, and 10 for worst possible pain.<\/p>\n Using a pain scale to report your pain can help your primary care provider (PCP) know how well your treatment is working and whether to make any changes in your plan of care. Contact your PCP as soon as pain begins or if the pain does not go away after treatment. Your PCP will take actions to help you feel better and will check to make sure the action(s) is working.<\/p>\n MEDICINES TO RELIEVE PAIN: <\/strong>Medicines to relieve pain can be given in the form of pills, patches, or injections in a vein. There are many different types of pain medicine, and they all work in different ways.\u00a0 If you have pain, your primary care provider will work with you to find the pain medicine that will work best for you.<\/p>\n Your primary care provider will discuss with you the risks and benefits of any pain medicine you choose to take. Ask questions if you have any concerns. Sometimes, it is best to combine medicines or to change the dosage or method of giving the medicine in order to relieve the pain.<\/p>\n OTHER PAIN RELIEF METHODS<\/strong><\/p>\n TREATMENT:<\/strong> Participate fully in planning how to manage your pain. Check with your primary care provider about:<\/p>\n SCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT: <\/strong>To schedule an appointment at the University Health Service, call 585-275-2662<\/strong>. UHS offers a full range of services for full-time students. All visits to UHS are confidential.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Working Together To Manage Your Pain The University Health Service (UHS) is committed to providing excellent care. Preventing and treating your pain or discomfort are important aspects of your care.\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28252","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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