Following an automobile accident that resulted in a traumatic amputation of the right lower leg, the client complains of feeling tingling, heaviness, and shooting pain in the amputated limb
The health care providers treat phantom limb pain by which of the following interventions? Select all that apply.
A) TENS of the large myelinated afferents innervating the area
B) Hypnosis
C) Relaxation techniques
D) Warm, moist compresses
E) Use of mirrors to visualize the limb is no longer there
Ans: A, B, C
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Treatment of phantom limb pain has been accomplished by the use of sympathetic blocks, TENS of the large myelinated afferents innervating the area, hypnosis, and relaxation training. There is no extremity to place the warm compresses on.
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