(http://www.contactmusic.com/phantom-limb/music/phantom-limb-live-in-bristol)
Over the course of the next 10 weeks, I will be writing about phantom limb pain. I have quite a few friends who have been in the military. Luckily, they returned home from their tours with minimal injuries. Many soldiers are not so lucky.
Phantom limb pain can be present in people who have had a limb amputated. Most people with an amputation will experience some phantom limb symptoms, sometimes they still feel the limb and try to move it, other times they have severe pain where the limb used to be. Studies have shown that as many as 70% of phantom limbs will be painful, even 25 years after the limb has been amputated.
(http://www.orangecountypainmanagement.net/693842/2013/05/09/what-is-phantom-limb-pain.html)
Phantom limb pain is a complicated phenomenon that is intensely grounded in neurology. The symptoms of phantom limb pain are all neurological, and many of the treatments involve tricking the brain and training it to be able to control the phantom limb.
(http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/content/126/3/579)
In the coming weeks, I will be delving into the various aspects of phantom limb pain, from incidence, treatments, to how it relates to nursing. I am excited for the next 10 weeks where I will learn about this disease and chronicle the journey here.
Until next week!
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