International Pharmacy Bridging Program Describing Pain Opener: Describe a time you experienced pain. Can you recall the character, intensity, onset, duration, annoying and alleviating factors? What did the pain feel like? Vocabulary ACHE (noun) – continuous pain; usually used in combination with a body part (compound noun) ACHE (verb) - to feel a continuous pain HURT (verb) - to feel pain/to cause pain in a part of your body PAINFUL (adjective) – somethingthat causes pain (can be both physical and emotional) SORE (adjective) – painful/ in pain. SORE (noun) - a painful, often red place wound, ulcer or infection
Choose the best word PAIN, PAINFUL, ACHE, HURT or SORE and fill in the blanks. There may be more than one answer.
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2. Cancer patients often suffer from chronic ________________. 3. After slouching and studying all night, his body ________________ all over. 4. I ________________ my elbow on the table. 5. I have a _________________ throat. 6. My hands __________________ after using the computer. 7. She was badly ________________ in the accident. 8. Running aggravates my ________________ knee. 9. Ouch. My bruise is very ________________ Please don’t touch it. 10. You can use the morphine if you find the ________________ wearing off. 11. The patient had ______________, swollen hip joints.
12. I can’t walk. My foot ________________ 13. My knees ________________ when I try to run. 14. Even though I’ve taken analgesics, my head still __________________ me.
Common adjectives to describe pain: (Source: http://www.tylenol.ca/english/healthcare/pdfs/TylenolPatientChecklist_en.pdf) aching
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Speaking: Create a list of questions (open and close ended questions) that would better help you treat a patient with Dysmenorrhoea? (Chapter in Patient Self Care) 1. What would you tell a patient who is 16 years old with no allergies or medic al conditions what to take for cramping pain in her lower abdomen when her period starts? 2. What would you suggest to someone who complains that the ibuprofen does not seem to be strong enough? 3. What would you recommend to someone who wants to try Alesse for her cramps?
WRITING Describe a time when you experienced pain. Describe the symptoms including the intensity, severity, nature, duration, onset, frequency, annoying and relieving factors. Use the words and expressions from this module and follow the examples above. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
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