What is pain?
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. It can also be described in terms of such damage.
Types of Pain
Pain can be differentiated into acute pain and chronic pain based on the onset and duration of the pain.
Acute P
ain
Usually due to injury—sports injury, disease, or surgery.
Can usually be controlled by medicines.
Acute pain caused by injury or post-surgery can be effectively tackled with bandages, sleeves, and stockings according to the area of pain.
Chronic Pain
Lasts more than 3 months.
May not be linked to any physiological events.
Examples include neck pain, low backache, and arthritis pain.
Benefitted well with traction devices, heating devices, belts, massagers, and cushions to reduce strain.
Classification of Pain by Nature
Nociceptive Pain
Nociceptive pain may result from mechanical, thermal, or chemical excitation or trauma to tissues. Pain receptors, or nerve endings, widely placed in skin, bones, muscles, ligaments, and viscera, transmit the pain to the spinal cord and brain, culminating in the experience of pain.
Neuropathic Pain
Neuropathic pain results from damage to or pathological changes in nerves, the spinal cord, or the brain. This pain is caused by many chemical mediators between nerves. It is often described as:
Shooting type
Tingling kind
Electric type
Lightning type
Burning-like
Ordinary painkillers may not be sufficient; physical therapy may also be required to control this type of pain.
Relief Options
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