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Patients. How I percieve it …. It is a changing pain, discontinued, that accentuates when I wake up and into the night . In many cases it also intensifies during periods I disminish my physical activity and stress (holidays, weekends).

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  1. Patients

  2. How I percieveit…. • It is a changing pain, discontinued, that accentuates when I wake up and into the night. In many cases it also intensifies during periods I disminish my physical activity and stress (holidays, weekends)

  3. How do I face the pain to make it compatible with my daily life …………… ● Pharmacological treatments: NSAIDs, Paracetamol, immunosuppresants, biological treatments and steroids ● Non pharmacological treatments: Physical therapy, adapted and personalized physical training, training inergonomic aids for joints and psychological counseling

  4. Keys to living with chronic pain ● Do not wait for having no pain to normalize life, work life, leisure, moderate physical exercise ... because it could take time. ● Search solutions with common sense; cycles of rest and controlled exercise or activity, according to pain intensity. ● Know when and how pain presents ● Accept reality without unrealistic expectations.

  5. Keys to living with chronic pain ● Do not search others to blame (doctors, relatives, colleagues at work). This only brings uncertainty about how stopping it and thinking the solution depends from others. ● Prioritize the objectives in life. ● If the pain is something we can not avoid, adapt early so it does not drive our lives.

  6. Whatdoes a patientwithchronicpainneeds ● Pharmacological treatments that suit the age and production activity ● Multidisciplinary teams with the ability to maintain an adequate program ● Therapiesto reduce pain Physicaltherapy Personalizedphysicalexercise Psychologicalattention ● Use of preventivemeasures. (occupationaltherapy

  7. Keys to approach the pain of people and professionals around the patient ● Paying adequate attention: the patient with C.P. feels not understood ● Highlight the acceptable moments and decentralize the pain from the patient's life ● Keep the spirit and will of the affected. ● Accept trial and error, there is no homogeneous pain, nor golden rules.

  8. Areas that affect my life Working life Family life Leisure Self-image

  9. If we have to live with chronic pain must also learn to live fully.

  10. Liga Reumatoloxica Galega C/Venela S/N Centro Cívico A Silva A Coruña 15010 info@ligagalega.org www.ligagalega.org

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