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.
Learn about common painful conditions including arthritis, sickle cell anaemia, and cancer.
There are many ways to classify or categorize pain. Learn what these are and the factors that affect how much pain you might feel.
Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.
Learn about the different types of pain a child with cancer may experience, what causes pain and how long these types of pain last.
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 pain relief medication and how to administer it, including patient controlled analgesia.
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 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.
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 the various medications that are used to treat pain. These include acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), opioids, and local and topical anaesthetics.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn about the benefits of using massage and TENS for effective pain management.
Learn about the 3P approach to pain management, which is a combination of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medications) strategies.
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.
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.
Dysmenorrhea (painful period cramps) is the most common symptom reported by teens during their periods. Learn about the types of dysmenorrhea, symptoms and how it can be treated.
Learn about children with pain: how pain is defined, why we feel pain, how it works and how to relieve pain.
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.
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.
Learn about neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is caused by damage to the nervous system and is often described as burning or shooting pain.
Discover the signs of cancer-related pain in children and how cancer-related pain is assessed by the health-care team.
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