Managing Acute and Chronic Pain

 

To anyone living in unrelenting pain: it is possible to overcome chronic pain.

1 In 5 People Suffer From Pain Globally

Pain destroys the soul. No one should endure the unbearable pain.

What is Pain?

Pain is a multifaceted unpleasant bodily sensation that involves both a physiological and psychological reaction to a noxious stimulus.
It can be a localized or generalized.
It will feel like an ache, sting, burn, prick, or tingle.

Acute Pain

It has a sudden onset, a definite cause and short duration.

Chronic Pain

It is a pain that lasts or reappears for longer than 3 months duration. Chronic pain includes

·         Nociceptive pain (skin, joints, muscle, bones ligaments)

·         Neuropathic (nerves)

·         Nociplastic pain

·         Mixed pain

·         Inflammatory pain

Nociceptive Pain—Pain caused by the activation of nociceptors as a result of actual or potential injury to non-neural tissue.

Neuropathic Pain—Pain induced by a disease or lesion of the somatosensory nervous system.

Nociplastic Pain—Pain caused by changed nociception in the absence of any clear evidence of tissue damage or disease of the somatosensory system.

Pain can affect the emotional, social and physical aspect of life.Millions of people either are dependent on or abused prescription medicines, mainly opioids.