Pain and type of Pain
According to WHO (World Health Organization), “Pain is an
unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential
tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage”.
Pain is signals sent by our nervous system that something
is wrong happening with us. It is an unpleasant feeling often caused by intense
or damaging stimuli. Pain is symptoms of most of medical problems occur to a
person. It helps in recognizing a problem that need prompt and urgent
attention, otherwise it can cause seriously damage to our body. Once problem is
resolved, pain will be disappeared.
Duration and frequency of pain may vary according to
person and situation. It may be sharp or dull in feeling. It may be come and go
type or it may be constant in duration and frequency. Pain can affect any part
of our body. It may feel in back, neck, arms or other parts individually or may
feel in whole body altogether.
Pain can be divided into two categories:
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Acute Pain
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Chronic Pain
Acute Pain: Acute pain can serve warning of disease or thread
to the body and begins suddenly and sharp in frequency. Acute pain might be
caused by many factors such as surgery, burn, dental work, broken bone, labor
or child birth etc. It may last for few seconds or stay for long duration but
usually doesn’t last more than 6 months in most of cases if underlying cause of
pain is treated.
Chronic Pain: Pain continuous to feel for weeks, months,
or years even after injury has healed. Common chronic pain types are headache,
low back pain, cancer pain, arthritis pain, neurogenic pain, psychogenic pain etc.
Causes of chronic pain might be unknown or poorly understood. Even few chronic
pain treatments are not known.
Treatment of pain is depends upon type, severity and
frequency of pain. Both Ayush and Allopathic system of medicine provide
treatment to pain. Yoga may also be beneficial in pain management. Few types of
pain management therapy is as follow:
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
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Narcotic pain killer drugs
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Local Anesthetics
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Yoga
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Meditation
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Acupuncture
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Physical Therapy
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Exercise
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Electrical stimulation
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Surgery
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Psychotherapy
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Behavior modification etc
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