Question 1

i have severe m.e. (cfs). my condition has deteriorated so i can no longer leave home. what is the best way to receive good palliative care from home?

Accepted Answer

Don't give up: Chronic illness is taxing but chronic pain especially so.  Making sure you are on an effective anti-depressant and keep strong medication to a minimum.  It is imperative if you want to get better.  It's easy to use large dosages of medications that just mask symptoms but don't actually help.  Do what it takes to get out of the house and live life.  Work with your doctor and don't give up living.

Question 2

whats palliative care?

Accepted Answer

Relieve symptoms: Palliative care refers to medical care typically used for patients with terminal illness with a focus on relieving symptoms, pain and stress rather than a focus on curing the underlying medical problem.

Question 3

wht is palliative care?

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Palliation means: Symptom relief. Moreover, if there are good chances of cure or aims at cure, controlling symptoms can still be a part, but one high hope and resonable odds run out, re-focus on care and comfort replacing futile efforts, with high monetary and physical costs.

Question 4

what is palliative care?

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Pain control: Palliative care is care that addresses pain and suffering. It is comfort care. It does not seek to cure disease.

Question 5

how do you get palliative care?

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By referral: There are likely local physicians in your area the specialize in palliative care.  Check with your pcp or oncologist if your are dealing with cancer.

Question 6

what exactly is palliative care?

Accepted Answer

End of life care: Palliative care focuses on making patient's symptoms of a terminal disease  better rather then curing the disease itself. For example treating pain and nausea resulting from cancer and not treating the cancer itself ( ex with chemotherapy or surgery ), because the cancer can not be cured.

Question 7

what is value of palliative care?

Accepted Answer

Support system: "the goal of palliative care is to relieve suffering and provide the best possible quality of life for people facing the pain, symptoms and stresses of serious illness. It is appropriate at any age and at any stage of an illness, and it can be provided along with treatments that are meant to cure."  this is from getpalliativecare.Org.

Question 8

who qualifies for palliative care?

Accepted Answer

Current peer: Reviewed research urges incorporating comfort care with cure measure at diagnosis, but recognizing the time to abandon futile efforts reuires humility, honesty and bravery in doctors, and focuses onwhat provides patient value rather than another regimen with more chance of toxicity than comfort.

Question 9

is palliative care given through an iv?

Accepted Answer

It can be. : Palliative care is treatment of symptoms.   They can range from shortness of breath,  nausea,  pain,  etc.   The preferred method is via oral (by mouth).,  unless the symptoms are severe,  or patient is in a crisis at which point subcutaneous or Intravenous IV  is an option if oral fails or is not possible.

Question 10

what kinds of palliative care are there?

Accepted Answer

Many: Palliative care is designed to preserve and or improve the quality of life.  It is done in the setting in which  a cure is not possible or realistic.  The goal of palliative care is to minimize the discomfort suffered by a patient - usually focusing on the most severe symptom(s) at the time.

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