Handling Pain While Dealing With Cancer

Title:
Handling Pain While Dealing With Cancer
Word Count:
518
Summary:
Cancer sometimes has a reputation for causing patients who have it a great deal of pain. This

Keywords:
pain relief

Article Body:
Cancer is associated with a lot of things. Grief, sadness, death, chemotherapy, baldness, and

things that have some sort of link to another. However, one thing that is prevalent, no matter

is pain. The fact is, cancer causes pain and, in some extreme cases, the therapy needed to put

causes its share of pain. While not everyone that has cancer requires regular doses of pain re

large segment of them that do. Just what is it about cancer, and some of the treatments for it


Cancer can cause pain by its very nature. As the core of the cancerous cells spreads, it begin

healthy cells around it. In some people, this process can have them reaching for pain relief d

others, it may not even register. Also, as the cancerous tumor grows in the body, it starts to

on whatever organs or systems are around it. Depending on the cancer, this can include muscles

brain. This pressure can also trigger a powerful pain response in a number of patients. Finall

number of chemicals that can cause the brain to register a pain response, though this is a tra
known cancers.

The medication for these problems generally does not wander very far from standard pain relief

commonly suggested medications are analgesics, such as aspirin or Tylenol. These drugs are rel

usually fine for most cancer patients, particularly if the tumor cells have gone into recessio
more potent is needed to provide the patient with pain relief, there are other options that a


moderate cases, some doctors will rely on low-strength opioids such as codeine, or non-steroid

such as ibuprofen. Finally, in the most drastic cases, high-intensity opioids can also be used
prescribed due to their highly addictive nature.

Some people might complain that they aren’t getting adequate medication or treatment for their

this might have to do with the knowledge of the doctor in charge. There are some doctors who d

patients, and are thus unaware of the problem. There are also some doctors who do not have the

properly treat pain. If that is the case, it is acceptable and advisable to ask that you be re

help with the problem. However, if the patient himself refuses or is reluctant to reveal that

doctor can do very little. It is best to remember that a doctor is only able to treat the prob
keeping him in the dark might do more harm than the illness itself.

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