MANAGE PAIN WITH CARE

WHAT IS PAIN
AND WHY IT IS COMPLEX?

Pain is the most common health problem of the world, bringing down the
quality of life of people and their families. This common problem is also
the most poorly understood and inadequately managed in our society.
CARE has stepped in to address to this need.
Acute pain occurs due to injury or damage to the body as in heart attack,
appendicitis, bone fracture etc. It points to the damage, lasts for short
period, helps in healing process and disappears.
Chronic Pain lasts for months or years. There is no obvious tissue
damage. Even if tissue changes are present, the condition is not treatable
and the pain is the major problem. Examples are back ache, neck pain,
headache, cancer pain etc.
They serve no useful purpose and can lead to detrimental effects in the
long run and they must be treated. There has been tremendous
development in the understanding diagnosis and management of the
chronic pain conditions in the past several years.

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by a slipped disc.
Kidney stones Passing a kidney stone produces a sudden, incredibly sharp,
cramping pain in your lower back or the side of your abdomen, or
occasionally in your groin, which may last for minutes or hours, with painfree intervals in between.
Appendicitis is a painful swelling of the appendix, a finger-like pouch
attached to the gut wall. The pain then shifts to the lower right side of the
tummy and gets a lot worse.
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awful abdominal pain.
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severe pain develops in a joint; often the base of the big toe, to the point
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reduce persistent pain (like breathing exercises to types of meditation).

Always remember to inform/consult your care provider in case the problem persists.