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PAIN AND IT’S TYPE

👍WHAT IS PAIN?
PAIN- The World Health Organisation defines pain
as “an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience
associated with actual or potential tissue damage,
or described in terms of such damage”.

👍Different Types of Pain

1​​.​Acute pain
Acute pain often starts suddenly and feels ‘sharp’.
It can be caused by many different things, such as:

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●an operational
●broken bone
●an infection.
Acute pain is usually short-term, but it can
sometimes last for weeks or months. Most acute
pain will go away when the reason for the pain has
been treated or the tissues have healed. If acute
pain is not relieved, it may become a chronic pain.

2.Chronic pain-
Chronic pain lasts for a longer period of time. It’s
usually caused by the cancer itself, but it can
sometimes be caused by the longer-term effects of
cancer treatments.

3.Phantom pain
This is when the brain ‘feels’ pain in a part of the
body that has been removed. It can sometimes
happen after surgery to amputate an arm or a leg,

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and occasionally after a breast is removed

(mastectomy).
Phantom pain may feel like cramping, stabbing or
burning, but can cause many different pain
sensations.

4.Referred pain-
This is when pain from an internal organ can be felt
in a different part of the body. For example, if the
liver is enlarged, it can cause pain in the right
shoulder. This may happen because pain
messages from the liver travel along the same
nerve pathways as messages from the skin. The
brain confuses them and thinks the pain is coming
from a different place.

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5.Nerve pain-
This is pain caused by nerve damage. It may be due
to the cancer or cancer treatments. The pain can
often continue even when the cause has been
treated. Nerve pain is also called neuropathic pain.
Like many types of pain, nerve pain can come and
go. Often the area feels numb or more sensitive.
You may describe it as:
burning
stabbing
shooting
tingling.
There are specific medicines and treatments used
to treat nerve pain.

6.Soft tissue pain-

This is pain we feel when our organs, muscles or
tissues are damaged, injured or inflamed. An
example is when the liver becomes enlarged,
causing pain and discomfort in the tummy

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(abdomen). Soft tissue pain is also called visceral

pain.

7.Bone pain-
If cancer is affecting a bone, it can cause pain. The
cancer may have started in the bone (primary bone
cancer) or spread there from another part of the
body (secondary bone cancer). The pain may be a
dull, persistent ache that doesn’t go away. It can
happen during the day as well as at night.

8.Total pain-
Total pain is a term doctors and nurses use to
describe all the different parts of a person’s pain.
This includes how the pain affects, and can be
affected by our:
emotions
behaviours
spiritual beliefs
social activities.

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