Learn about neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is caused by damage to the nervous system and is often described as burning or shooting pain.
Read about various types and intensities of pain that a child may experience: acute pain, chronic pain, procedural pain, and recurrent pain.
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.
Teens living with hemophilia can learn about pains related to their bleeds, including the difference between acute and chronic pain.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn about the different types of pain a child with cancer may experience, what causes pain and how long these types of pain last.
How to take care of a child at home after they have received a nerve block. Learn about when to give other medicines, and potential problems to watch for.
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.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in an older child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn about the benefits of using massage and TENS for effective pain management.
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.
Nerve conduction studies are used to try to find out what might be wrong with muscles or nerves. Learn about what is involved in nerve conduction studies.
Find information about continuous peripheral nerve blocks (CPNBs) using an elastomeric device and learn how to care for your child at home with this device.
Learn about children with pain: how pain is defined, why we feel pain, how it works and how to relieve pain.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
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.
There are many ways to classify or categorize pain. Learn what these are and the factors that affect how much pain you might feel.
Impacts of chronic pain on children are discussed, including impact on mood, school, socializing, hobbies, sleep, and family.
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 pain assessment of younger school-age children. By this age, children begin to develop a sense of cause and effect concerning their pain.
There are various physical methods available to treat JIA pain including heat, cold, massage, and exercise. Learn how you can use these techniques for pain relief.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Learn about how to help children and teens with chronic pain cope during the COVID-19 pandemic, and which medications are used to treat chronic pain.
