The treatment of pain

Some cancer patients in different stages to go through pain or physical discomfort. But because of pain in patients aware of this matter is not clear, coupled with incorrectly relay an erroneous message, making the patient of pain there is a fear that everyone will be very painful for cancer patients. In fact, not all of the cancer will cause pain; even if patients have pain, doctors can also make use of effective methods to deal with pain problems. These methods include drugs, non-drug, and the pain from nerve approach. 

First, patients must be clearly part of the pain, nature (such as the pain felt like acupuncture, knife cuts, cramps, swelling, etc.), strength, timing, contribute to or mitigate the causes of pain, and the currently used analgesic drugs or methods Tell your doctor. Then, doctors can try feasible method or adjust the dose of drugs, to effectively handle the pain. 

When patients and doctors to discuss treatment of pain, you can ask the doctor: What are the methods available? Whether the first try non-pharmacological approach? If it is drugs, then the use of these drugs, side effects, the pros and cons of that? If the side effects occurred, to how to deal with? 

Another patient or family members worried that fear of the use of analgesic drug addiction problems, with the result that patients and their families did not dare use of drugs, which patients suffer in vain, endure pain. In fact, the correct prescription and use of painkillers, and there will be no cases of drug addiction. The so-called drug addiction is the psychological dependence on drugs. The proper use of painkillers should aim is to reduce the patient's pain, to improve the quality of life of patients, so that patients can enjoy he want to do. Sometimes doctors will use low-level radiation on bone cancer cells more places, to prevent bone degradation and pain. 

In addition to pain medication and radiotherapy, but also can make use of other non-pharmacological, cognitive methods to deal with pain. For example, likes to do and meaningful activities: Walking, easy movement, wrote a letter to talk with friends, listening to music, for the pain of the hands in prayer and so on, attention shifted to other things. These methods coupled with positive thinking, method of relieving pain with drugs used to protect patient's quality of life improved. 

Pain from the nerve on the methods intense, more far-reaching effects, there is a need to discuss with the doctor and weigh the pros and cons before using.