Read about various types and intensities of pain that a child may experience: acute pain, chronic pain, procedural pain, and recurrent pain.
The Pain Squad™ app helps children and teens with cancer to track their pain. Find out what this app does and the benefits of using it.
Read about the long-term consequences of pain on a child, the importance of a child's pain management. A discussion of pain myths is included.
Learn about children with pain: how pain is defined, why we feel pain, how it works and how to relieve pain.
Learn about neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is caused by damage to the nervous system and is often described as burning or shooting pain.
Learn about how we feel pain, what acute and chronic pain are and the most common causes of pain in people with sickle cell disease.
There are many ways to classify or categorize pain. Learn what these are and the factors that affect how much pain you might feel.
Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.
Learn about chronic pain in children and teens. Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than three months and requires various pain management techniques.
Find out why and how you feel pain, whether from JIA or another source, such as a needle or cut, and learn the differences between acute and chronic pain.
Learn about techniques for pain management and the treatment of pain.
Learn about the different tools and sources of information that can help assess your child's pain.
There are many ways to classify or categorize pain. Learn what these are and the factors that affect how much pain your child might feel.
Learn about causes and treatment of chest pain in children.
Teens living with hemophilia can learn about pains related to their bleeds, including the difference between acute and chronic pain.
Learn about the different types of pain a child with cancer may experience, what causes pain and how long these types of pain last.
Most children have at least some pain after an operation, which is called post-operative pain. Learn about relieving a child's post-operative pain at home.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Learn about the process and goals of pain assessment to provide the information necessary to initiate optimal pain treatment strategies.
Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn the signs and causes of recurrent abdominal pain and when to get medical help.
It is normal to experience some pain and discomfort after surgery, but there are ways to manage it. Find out what you can do to help manage your pain after surgery.
