How our minds and bodies react to bereavement

"Whatever the loss, our mind and body will react to this change. Something or someone that was there before is no longer there. Something or someone we depended on as part of our lives has gone. There has been a change. This can shake our world, and how it does so, will depend on what has happened and what support we have in place to cope. 

When we are bereaved, we can feel anxious, sad, angry, shocked, grief-stricken, withdrawn, in disbelief, guilty, sad and in denial – and experience these in no particular order. We can struggle with sleep, concentration, our appetite and making decisions. We can also experience physical pain, such as headaches and muscle pain, as well as less specific bodily reactions that are similar to feelings of anxiety."

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/articles/change-loss-bereavement

Mental Health Foundation A to Z of mental health problems: 

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/a-z-topics

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Disclaimer: the main purpose of this blog is to assemble my notes for my Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The topic discussed here should not be referred to as the only source of information use it in combination. It should be used with other established reference sources. If you are using it significantly after the date of initial publication, then you should refer to current published evidence. 

.If the content of this article concerns you, please contact your doctor or pharmacist

 مطالب مندرج در این وبلاگ صرفا برای اطلاع رسانی و افزایش آگاهی در رابطه با سلامت و بهداشت می باشد و الزاما مرجع کاملی در رابطه با موضوع مورد بحث نمی باشد. برای اطلاعات بیشتر جهت درمان، قطع یا تغییر نوع درمان با پزشک معالج یا داروساز خود مشورت نمایید

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Check symptoms

 https://patient.info/symptom-checker

Talking Meds Podcasts

 https://open.spotify.com/episode/00vCwf7jHnuknBYWTENJSP

 Talking Meds and the PrescQIPP podcast, engaging conversations about medicines-related dilemmas.

Use other methods such as physiotherapy first for patients who are at risk, then if NSAID if needed at the lowest dose for shortest time needed, use Ibuprofen or Naproxen first, use medication to protect the stomach.

In Asthma therapy Bronchodilators alone is not enough, steroid therapy is also needed. If 3 or more Bronchodilator inhaler per year without steroid question that. Ask if they have an Asthma plan.

Multidisciplinary teamworking is important, consultation skills is important (what is important for patients), you should be able to manage risks. We are working with uncertainties.  

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Disclaimer: the main purpose of this blog is to assemble my notes for my Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The topic discussed here should not be referred to as the only source of information use it in combination. It should be used with other established reference sources. If you are using it significantly after the date of initial publication, then you should refer to current published evidence. 

.If the content of this article concerns you, please contact your doctor or pharmacist

 مطالب مندرج در این وبلاگ صرفا برای اطلاع رسانی و افزایش آگاهی در رابطه با سلامت و بهداشت می باشد و الزاما مرجع کاملی در رابطه با موضوع مورد بحث نمی باشد. برای اطلاعات بیشتر جهت درمان، قطع یا تغییر نوع درمان با پزشک معالج یا داروساز خود مشورت نمایید

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