OT: Pain scale

[thereservoirdog]

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Hey guys, I'm here from the vet forums just wanted to ask a quick question. Do you guys have a pain scale for humans listed by condition? i.e. listing the average amount of pain associated with diseases and conditions. Would be very helpul, thanks!

 

[Perrotfish]

Hey guys, I'm here from the vet forums just wanted to ask a quick question. Do you guys have a pain scale for humans listed by condition? i.e. listing the average amount of pain associated with diseases and conditions. Would be very helpul, thanks!

Sure:
10: Drug Seeker
9: Experienced drug seeker
8: Little old lady with bone mets
7: Drug seeker on Dilauded
6: Status post MVA
5: Army vet with Bone mets.
4: Drug seeker on PCA
3: Strep throat
2: Rhinovirus
1: Overinsured
0: Marine Corps vet with bone mets.

 

[gravitywave]

Sure:
10: Drug Seeker
9: Experienced drug seeker
8: Little old lady with bone mets
7: Drug seeker on Dilauded
6: Status post MVA
5: Army vet with Bone mets.
4: Drug seeker on PCA
3: Strep throat
2: Rhinovirus
1: Overinsured
0: Marine Corps vet with bone mets.

hah, lol. medicine needs an objective painometer.

OP, i doubt our perception of pain in our patients is any more useful than yours in your patients. language capacity notwithstanding.

 

[thereservoirdog]

I just read an article where they found that dental pain in cats and dogs is very similar to that of humans, so I'd love to be able to have something to refer to because in vet medicine it's very difficult to assess pain. I know it's not going to be very accurate but still I think it will be interesting.

oh and perrot: lol! we have drug seekers in our field too

 

[DrMom]

The pain scale is 100% subjective so it really is useless. I can see the point of comparing animal dental pain to human dental pain, but nobody can give you a useful human pain scale number for that.

 

[SirGecko]

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[Mattchiavelli]

The pain scale is 100% subjective so it really is useless. I can see the point of comparing animal dental pain to human dental pain, but nobody can give you a useful human pain scale number for that.

I think it's only sort of useless- it has no worth comparing person to person [one man's 6 is another woman's 5 is another man's 9] but it's useful to track pain in one patient over time.

Maybe one could knock a dog or cat out and do an electrophysiology study on the animal equivalent to the trigeminal nerve