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.
Read about various types and intensities of pain that a child may experience: acute pain, chronic pain, procedural pain, and recurrent pain.
Learn about long-term and late effects from acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment.
Impacts of chronic pain on children are discussed, including impact on mood, school, socializing, hobbies, sleep, and family.
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.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Physiotherapy can help with pain, weakness, limited range of motion, and reduced physical ability. Learn how a physiotherapist can help your child or teenager with JIA management.
Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.
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.
Learn about cannabis (also known as marijuana, weed or pot) and find out about the short- and long-term effects of using it recreationally.
Find out how PCA and NCA help your child get relief from severe, short-term pain in the hospital.
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 benefits of using massage and TENS for effective pain management.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in an older child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Morphine is a type of strong pain relief medicine called an opioid. This page is about the use of morphine for pain relief in children.
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 a number of concerns that arise around scoliosis. Find out how these different concerns rank among the patients, their families and their surgeons.
Discover how to use the 3P approach to manage chronic pain in a young child.
Teens living with hemophilia can learn about pains related to their bleeds, including the difference between acute and chronic pain.
Learn to differentiate between myth and truth concerning children's pain. There are many common misconceptions of pain that should be dispelled.
Infants and toddlers can experience longer-lasting pain from certain conditions and repeated procedures. Find out how to assess longer-lasting pain in infants and toddlers at home and in medical settings.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn how the body experiences acute pain.
