"At present, chronic pain in adults has been known to more and more people, but chronic pain in children is not known to the public." On November 7, Pan ShoudongAt the media communication meeting held by the hospital.
In 2018, the World Health Organization released the "Eleventh Revision Book of International Diseases".In this version, chronic pain has a disease coding, which means that chronic pain is officially regarded as a disease.
"Clinically, chronic pain in children is common." Pan Shoudong said.It is estimated that 20%to 46%of children worldwide have suffered various types of chronic pain.
From time to time, chronic pain usually refers to the pain duration of more than 3 months.According to Pan Shoudong, chronic pain in children includes multiple types: first, damage, pain, that is, pain caused by surgery, inflammation, trauma, etc., and the other is neuropathological pain, which is pain caused by neuropathy or lesions.Pain, trigeminal neuralgia, phantom limb pain, etc.; Third, , is pain caused by tumor invading health tissues, compressing nerves or blood vessels, and may also be related to tumor surgery or chemotherapy;The fourth is heart pain. It is characterized by patients with persistent pain, but there is no objective evidence. It is often related to spiritual or emotional issues, and it is more difficult in treatment.
"Chronic pain can affect the childs normal life and study, which is not conducive to the physical and mental health of the child." Pan Shoudong said.
However, clinically, due to the lack of knowledge of chronic pain in children, many children were taken to the hospital when the pain became severe.Pan Shoudong said that delayed treatment will lead to a longer treatment cycle, increased treatment difficulty, and even affecting the development of childrens brain.
At the end of December 2022, the Institute of Pediatrics of the Capital Pediatrics opened chronic pain clinics for children. This is one of the few chronic pain clinics in China.
In the pain clinic, pain is generally divided into mild, moderate and severe.Severe pain can usually be effectively relieved by oral painkillers alone, and more positive treatment is required, such as a variety of drugs combined, spinal electro -electrocable therapy, nerve block or nerve damage treatment, patient self -controlling analgesic pump technology, internal analgesic internal analgesicPump planting technology, etc.
Pan Shoudong said that the chronic pain clinic for children is set in the anesthesiology department because the anesthesiologist is good at using various analgesic drugs and analgesic technology."Pediatric anesthesia doctors will combine experience experience of chronic pain in adults, experience in pain treatment during surgical surgery, and pediatric treatment experience to treat chronic pain in children and treat them."
"We hopeMore parents understand chronic pain in children and attach enough attention to chronic pain in children. "Pan Shoudong called for.
How to judge chronic pain in children?Experts suggest that they pay attention to the subjective feelings of their children. By observing changes in childrens daily living habits, emotions, and sleep, they find chronic pain that may exist as early as possible.
"Unlike adults, children have unique growth and development, pathological characteristics, and different disease spectrum. If you find that children may have chronic pain, it is recommended that parents bring their children to regular in time in time to form a regular ones in time.Chronic pain for children to seek medical treatment. "Pan Shoudong emphasized.
Source | Science and Technology Daily
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