Burns Surgery
Chronic
Chronic pain is often defined as any pain lasting more than 12 weeks. Whereas acute pain is a normal sensation that alerts us to possible injury, chronic pain is very different. Chronic pain persists-often for months or even longer.
Management of chronic pain in patients with multiple problems is complex, usually requiring specific treatment, simultaneous psychological treatment, and physical therapy (PT). A good relationship between the physician and patient should be established.
Chronic pain syndrome (CPS) is a common problem that presents a major challenge to health-care providers because of its complex natural history, unclear etiology, and poor response to therapy. CPS is a poorly defined condition.
Acute
Acute
Most burn victims usually want the same things: for the burns to heal or go away, and to have freedom from pain and scars. In essence, they want to have their old life and their old self back to normal again. Reconstructive burn surgery can be the beginning of the recovery process.
For a relatively minor burn injury with minimal scars, recovery is inevitable. However, for more serious and severe burns, restoration may be painfully slow. It can really turn a person's world upside down. Whether the burn involves face, hands, or distorts the body, the immediate effect may be devastating to the newly burned person.
In patients with greater than 30% total-body surface area burns, full recovery can take at least two years. The stages of a burn reconstructive surgery The reconstructive burn surgery restoration process is comprised of three elements: Recovery, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation, with each process being distinct and unique. Recovery means to return to original form.
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