Pain Management Care Service

Pain is a sign that the body tells you that there is something wrong. In some cases, the pain can last for months or even years without finding a cause. Pain Management Care Service, with safe and effective pain management to minimize physical and mental impact which reduces the negative effects that lead to long-term health problems and improve quality of life.

Pain Management Care Unit provides care for acute pain, chronic pain, pain caused by cancer by a pain management specialist. Under the concept of "Because pain is manageable", there are more treatment options and holistic pain management

Goals of Pain Treatment

Reduce the intensity and frequency of pain so that the patient can live more conveniently.
Patient can return to normal life.
Increase the quality of life for patients.

Medical service

Acute Pain

Acute Pain generally lasts for a short time, and disappears when the cause has been treated or restored.

Complicated postoperative pain after major surgery or after an accident
General acute pain, such as muscle pain in the body

Chronic pain

Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than the healing period of injured tissue. The pain usually lasts for more than 3 months.

Chronic nerve pain Neuropathic pain / Nerve pain, such as pain from shingles infection, pain from diabetes, etc.
Chronic neck pain
Chronic low back pain
Chronic shoulder pain
Chronic knee pain
Chronic pain syndrome

Cancer Pain

Pain from the tumor pressing on the nerve and spreads to the bone.
Abdominal pain and/or back pain caused by upper abdominal cancer, such as pancreatic cancer
Pain from cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery, etc.

Pain Therapy Procedures

Trigger point injection or dry needling is the use of needles and medications to relieve muscle pain with pressure points. Myofascial pain syndrome
Epidural steroid injection is an injection into the ventricle above the spinal cord to relieve neck or back pain that has fractured to the arm or leg along the nerve line.
Facet joint injection / Medial branch block, an injection to treat pain in the neck or back, with pain that does not radiate to the arm or leg.
Peripheral nerve block is an injection that continues to the peripheral nerves, relieving nerve pain.
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is the use of radio waves through needles to convert heat energy to nerves to relieve chronic pain and prolong pain relief periods.น
Sympathetic block is pain relief by injecting drugs to block the nervous system, pain that affects the narrowing of blood vessels in the pain group. Topical such as chronic arm and leg pain after being injured in an accident.
Celiac plexus neurolysis is the relief of severe pain from upper abdominal cancer, such as pancreatic cancer, by injecting drugs into the nerve group around the celiac plexus.
Intrathecal drug delivery device implantation relieves pain in patients who use large doses of opioids painkillers that cause side effects. By implanting a cord in the subcutaneous layer of the abdomen to administer the drug through the cerebrospinal fluid channel. This makes it possible to reduce the amount of opioids used and can reduce the side effects that occur.

Business hours

Tuesday (Week 1 and 3) from 17.00 – 20.00 hrs (Please make an appointment in advance)

Location

Pain Management Care Service Unit at Internal Medicine Center, Nakornthon Hospital Fl.1

Contact

Tel. 0-2450-9999 ext. 1088-1089

Dr.Niruji Saengsomsuan

Pain Management Care Service, Internal Medicine Center

Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine