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Newborn circumcision

Learn what to consider and expect when deciding on a routine newborn circumcision, as well as how to take care of your newborn child after they are circumcised.

Medications for pain

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Learn about the various medications that are used to treat pain. These include acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opioids, and local and topical anaesthetics.

Medications for pain

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Learn about the various medications that are used to treat pain. These include acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opioids, and local and topical anaesthetics.

Pain in newborns and babies

Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.

Cancer tests and anaesthetic

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Anaesthetic is used to reduce or take away pain. Learn more about anaesthetics, how they are given and why you might need an anaestetic during a procedure.

Needle pokes: Reducing pain with numbing cream

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Learn when, where and how to apply numbing cream to ease the pain of needle pokes for your child.

Comfort Promise

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This hub provides information on a range of evidence-based approaches to ease the pain of needle pokes for your child.

Pain medicines

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Learn about pain relief medication and how to administer it, including patient controlled analgesia.

Other types of pain

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Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.

Foreskin problems

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Learn how to treat common foreskin problems and when to see a doctor.

Needle pokes: Reducing pain with sucrose or breastfeeding

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Find out how to offer sucrose or breastfeeding to ease your child's pain from needle pokes.

Phimosis and paraphimosis

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Learn about tightness of the foreskin, or phimosis, and how it is treated.

Hemophilia: Medicines for pain

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Teens living with hemophilia can learn the medicines that help relieve pain.

Osteoporosis: Managing bone pain

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Bone pain is one of the most challenging aspects of osteoporosis. Learn about the different ways that bone pain can be treated.

Post-operative symptoms

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After a surgery, you may experience post-operative symptoms for a few days or weeks. Learn about common symptoms experienced after surgery and what you can do to manage them.

Needle pokes: Reducing pain with comfort positions and distraction

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Find out how you can use comfortable positions and distractions with your child to ease pain from needle pokes.

Blood tests and JIA

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Learn about the various blood tests that are used to either diagnose or rule out JIA. These include a complete blood count, blood culture, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), antinuclear antibody (ANA), rheumatoid factor (RF), and human leukocyte antigen.

Relaxation methods for sickle cell pain: How relaxation works

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Learn about how relaxation can help you reduce stress, manage pain and be better able to take part in daily activities.

Physical treatments for pain management

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Read about physical treatments for pain management. These treatments are aimed at treating pain and its underlying causes.

Opioids

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Your pain care team may recommend opioids to help you manage acute (sudden) or persistent pain. Read about opioids, some of their side effects and how to manage side effects of opioids.

Chronic pain: How to treat and manage in teens

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Find out how the 3P approach to pain management can help your teen manage their chronic pain.

Pain and cancer

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Pain can be caused by cancer, procedures, treatments or symptoms of cancer and treatments. Find out how you can manage and how your health-care team can help you.

Opioids for sickle cell pain

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Your child's pain team may recommend opioids to help them manage acute (sudden) or persistent pain. Read about opioids, some of their side effects and how to manage side effects of opioids.

Needle pokes: Reducing pain in children aged 18 months or over

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Discover the CARD system, which offers strategies your child or teen can use to cope with the pain and fear associated with vaccination.

Chronic pain: How to treat and manage in young children

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Discover how to use the 3P approach to manage chronic pain in a young child.