If you are infected with HIV and pregnant, learn how certain medicines can lower the risk of passing HIV on to your baby.
An overview of the components of a pain management plan for children.
Read about physical treatments for pain management. These treatments are aimed at treating pain and its underlying causes.
Learn about the 3P approach to pain management, which is a combination of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medications) strategies.
Learn what to expect regarding physical and social activities, body image, sexual activity and pregnancy when a teen with scoliosis reaches adulthood.
Learn about the benefits of using massage and TENS for effective pain management.
Learn about behavioural strategies such as biofeedback and CBT. These strategies can be used for effective pain management for children.
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 relaxation techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation and hypnosis, that can be used for pain management in children.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
Find out how you can use effective parenting to support the 3Ps of pain management for your teen with acute pain.
Learn about techniques for pain management and the treatment of pain.
Discusses pain management for common childhood pain and injuries such as ear infections, colic, and injections.
Read about exercise and physiotherapy, and how they benefit pain management.
Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.
Learn about psychological treatments used to treat pain, such as hypnosis, biofeedback, and imagery.
Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in an older child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Read about pain management for children who have had heart surgery.
Find out how to recognize the signs of acute pain at home and how your teen's pain is assessed 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.
Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.
Read about pain management. Children show pain differently, depending on age. Ideas for comforting children of all ages are included.
Read about hot packs and cold packs, and how they can effectively reduce pain from injuries.
