Cancer, a term that used to be used to make people smell and change. Nowadays, with the influence of various factors such as unhealthy lifestyle habits and improper eating patterns, the number of cancer patients is increasing. In the process of anti-tumor**, I believe we all know that cancer pain is a very difficult and easy to ignore symptom, the appearance of cancer pain does not indicate that the condition has further deterioration or metastasis, but if severe cancer pain persists, it will not only reduce the patient's quality of life and immunity, but even lead to anxiety and depression and other emotional problems. So, pain relief is very important.
In fact, at all stages of cancer, patients can experience cancer pain. Therefore, the time for cancer pain to appear is not certain and varies from person to person.
According to the data, the incidence of pain in patients with advanced cancer is 60%-80%, the incidence of pain in patients with cancer during the period* is 30%-50%, and the incidence of pain in patients with newly diagnosed cancer is about 25%. Therefore, cancer pain does not occur at an advanced stage. When the patient's cancer pain is not relieved in time, it will feel very uncomfortable in the follow-up process, and may even cause or aggravate the patient's insomnia, depression, anxiety, decreased appetite, fatigue and other symptoms, which will seriously affect the patient's self-care ability, social skills, daily activities, and overall quality of life, thereby affecting the anti-tumor **[2].
Cancer pain is okay, but there are still people who suffer the pain in the wrong way. If you can't tolerate cancer pain and shouldn't tolerate it, you should choose to stop it. If you want to relieve pain, you must first break the cognitive misunderstanding of pain ** and establish a scientific and standardized concept of pain relief. Therefore, when feeling pain, cancer patients should talk about their situation to their family, friends and doctors so that they can get support and help.
, oral medications
Drugs are the most commonly used and primary treatment for cancer pain. Standardized medications** can relieve pain symptoms in most cancer patients. Clinically, the drugs for cancer pain mainly include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids and adjuvant analgesic drugs. Note that the three-step principle of analgesia is still a requirement for drug administration.
Because the specific situation of each patient is different, the appropriate drugs to be used and the possible adverse effects will vary from person to person. Therefore, we would like to remind everyone to follow the guidance and advice of your doctor and not to take medicine by yourself.
Targeted anti-cancer treatment is given to the causes of cancer pain, including the cancer itself and its complications.
, non-pharmacological**
Interventional**, radiotherapy, acupuncture, physical stimulation such as transcutaneous acupoint stimulation, cognitive-behavioral training, and psychological support are all non-pharmacological methods used for cancer pain. These methods can be used either as a supplement to or in combination with pharmacological pain medications**.
Pain is one of the common and painful symptoms of cancer, in fact, patients do not need to be too afraid, not all cancers will have pain, even if the symptoms of pain are not too nervous and anxious, let alone have been silently patient, otherwise it will affect the quality of life and the situation later, we should maintain an optimistic attitude, establish the confidence to overcome the pain, under the correct medication and guidance, through a variety of interventions, relieve pain and improve the quality of life.
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