Learn about pain assessment of younger school-age children. By this age, children begin to develop a sense of cause and effect concerning their pain.
Learn about how pain is assessed in toddlers and preschoolers. At this age, children can usually indicate the amount, type, and location of pain.
Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.
Discover the signs of cancer-related pain in children and how cancer-related pain is assessed by the health-care team.
Find out how to assess acute pain in your young child (age two to five) at home and in medical settings.
Find out how you can use comfortable positions and distractions with your child to ease pain from needle pokes.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Read about the transition that must be made from paediatric to adult care.
Find out how to recognize the signs of acute pain at home and how your teen's pain is assessed in medical settings.
Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.
This page give advice on how to relieve a child's pain at home.
Find out how the 3P approach to pain management can help your teen manage their chronic pain.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn about chronic pain in teenagers and the effect that it may have. Pain management, responsibilities, drinking and drug use are discussed.
Dysmenorrhea (painful period cramps) is the most common symptom reported by teenagers during their periods. Learn about the types of dysmenorrhea, symptoms and how it is treated.
Enthesitis-related arthritis is a type of childhood arthritis. Learn about how it is treated, how exercise helps, and how to maintain a normal lifestyle.
Learn about the process and goals of pain assessment to provide the information necessary to initiate optimal pain treatment strategies.
JIA can occur in young people, up to age 16. Discover the differences in arthritis between young people and adults, how common arthritis is in young people, and how it can affect the joints.
Learn about the transition to adult health care for teenagers with heart conditions.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in an older child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
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.
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