Published: 22 December 2020
CAY HILL: - St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) is proud to announce the start of its Pain Management Clinic and the addition of Pain Management to the current medical specialties offered. In medicine, Pain Management falls under Anesthesiology. During operations or in trauma, Anesthesiologists use Anesthesia to treat acute pain. At the Pain Management Clinic and within the Pain Management specialty, the focus lies in treating patients who experience chronic (long-standing) benign pain and Oncological (Cancer) pain. Treatment options within the specialty aim to eliminate pain or to help patients achieve an acceptable level of pain in an effort to improve the patient’s quality of life.
Ketamine helps Marquette student dealing with chronic pain
Ketamine helps Marquette student dealing with chronic pain
Ketamine helped a Marquette student dealing with chronic pain walk to receive her high school diploma. She hopes her story motivates others to seek answers, even during the coronavirus pandemic.
MILWAUKEE - The coronavirus pandemic has been stressful for many, but there s a different type of challenge for those dealing with chronic pain, like Marquette University freshman Josie Moore.
For Moore, each step is a struggle that not many people see.
Josie Moore
Moore suffers from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome or CRPS. It s a chronic pain disease that develops after an injury.