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Are the following statements true or false?
1. Stroke patients may experience neuropathic (central post-stroke pain)and musculoskeletal pain, including shoulder pain |
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2. Stroke patients commonly describe central post-stroke pain as stabbing, sharp, cramping, burning, numbness, tingling, lack of feeling |
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3. Shoulder pain can be reduced by correct positioning and handling, mobilising the shoulder with physiotherapy, analgesia |
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4. If a patient's pain is still not under control after several weeks you should tell them to accept it as it's a part of their life now* |
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*Any patient whose pain is still not adequately-controlled should be referred to a specialist in pain management. Referral is usually made by the patient's own doctor.
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