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You will be given medication during your surgery to help reduce the pain when you wake up.
Departments at Gloucester or Cheltenham for serious injuries or in life-threatening situations such as unconsciousness, heavy loss of blood, severe chest pain
HOPE stands for Hold On Pain Eases and aims to help to alleviate the trauma that parents experience when they are separated from their baby soon after
up of a long-standing illness e.g. kidney or lung disease, bronchitis, asthma or diabetes Problems with your mental health Persistent joint and back pain
Sometimes the bowel preparation may cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain.
Pain around your back which is not controlled by over the counter medication, such as paracetamol. The skin around the nephrostomy is red or hot.
We advise you to take simple pain relief, such as paracetamol, before the cast is applied.
You will not feel any pain when you have the test. An ultrasound bladder scan measures the amount of urine stored in the bladder.
If you require any pain relief or anti sickness, please approach nursing staff who will be happy to help.
A dobutamine stress echo is generally considered a safe test and is often used for patients with chest pain and a limited ability to exercise.
It is usually very quick and you should not feel any pain.
Pain relief
The couple had to endure the stress and pain of regular 60-mile journeys to the oncology centre for his treatment.
Feeling increasingly unwell Rash Redness or increased pain around the IV access Swelling around the IV access Alarms sounding on the pump.
If you experience any pain when you are passing urine, accompanied by a burning or stinging sensation, please contact your GP for advice.
or newly confused pain around the area where the catheter is put in and/or pus like discharge in the urine unusual tiredness Nausea and headache
Please contact Eye Triage if you notice your vision getting worse or if you are having severe pain.
Sometimes, the bowel preparation may cause side effects such as nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain.
When this has happened, the patients showed no sign of pain or discomfort during the test and the skin burns were only discovered when the special pads