Pain diaries for various diseases | The pain diary

Pain diaries for various diseases

Since the cause of fibromyalgia has not yet been clarified, a therapy of the disease, which can be translated as fiber-muscle pain, must take the form of a multimodal pain therapy. An important part of this is the pain diary. This enables both the doctor and the patient to monitor the pain over the day and over several weeks, taking into account the intensity of pain at different times of the day, as well as pain-promoting and pain-relieving factors.

Especially with chronic pain syndromes such as fibromyalgia, keeping a pain diary is of great importance. The pain diary is similar to other pain syndromes. Templates and printouts are available free of charge either directly from a pain therapist or on the Internet.

Pain diaries enable doctors and patients to create an optimal therapy plan for diseases with chronic pain, which not only records the current medication and its side effects, but also takes external factors into account. For this very reason, pain diaries for migraine are a very useful and helpful method to recognize patterns in migraine attacks and to be able to adapt the medication and daily behavior to them. The pain diary of migraine is in principle similar to that of other diseases.

Templates and printouts are also available here either directly from your pain therapist or on the Internet free of charge. This topic might also be of interest to you:

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Also with rheumatism, which describes several disease pictures and accompanies with chronic pain, a pain diary is of large importance, in order to be able to adjust a pain therapy optimally.This is particularly important in view of the fact that rheumatoid arthritis typically progresses in phases and is thus associated with strong fluctuations in the intensity of pain and stiffness of the joints. A rheumatoid pain diary enables the doctor and patient to recognize patterns and optimize the pain medication.

Apart from the current pain intensity and current medication and its side effects, your pain diary should also focus on joint stiffness, physical exhaustion, mood swings, sports activity and the like. Accidents can sometimes lead to severe and even long-lasting pain. This is especially dangerous from the point of view that pain can restrict mobility, hinder the execution of physiotherapeutic exercises and thus prevent the injuries from healing properly.

Pain that persists over a long period of time and is not adequately treated can also become chronic and thus accompany the patient for a long time. Pain diaries are a very good way of detecting fluctuations in the effect of the medication, recognizing side effects in time and thus optimally adjusting the pain therapy after the accident. Templates and printouts for this are available free of charge either directly from a pain therapist or on the Internet.