Pain is an unpleasant condition that you’re suffering after injury or illness.
Pain destroys the tissue of the body.
People feel pain when a signal moves from nerve fiber to the brain.
When you feel pain your brain thinks that your body is at risk.
Pain is a condition of discomfort. It affects your body overall.
Continuous pain describes your mental health and increased depression and anxiety.
The common type of pain is:
- chronic pain
- acute pain
- nociceptive pain
- neuropathic pain
- radicular pain
Chronic pain is a type of pain in which you feel pain for more than three months.
Chronic pain you feel all the time in your body or sometimes you feel for a short time. This pain can destroy your daily activities for example working and social life, lower back pain, arthritis pain, pain due to nerve damage, and cancer which are an example of chronic pain.
Acute pain is a type of pain that starts suddenly anytime in response to an injury Examples of acute pain are broken bones, burns, fever, and pulled muscles.
Nociceptive pain is a type of physical pain. It starts by damaging the body tissue. Example of nociceptive pain is arthritis, dental treatment, and sports injury.
Neuropathic pain is a type of pain when you’re nervous system cannot work properly or is damaged.
Radicular pain is a type of pain in which you feel pain from your back and hip into your legs.
Pain relief is a method by which you can get rid of your condition. To get efficacious pain relief first of all you need to find the reason for the pain. If you feel pain continuously for 2 and 3 weeks it increases stress and depression.
You cannot sleep properly and are not able to perform your daily routine activities. Then you should make an appointment with your doctor.
Simple pain reliever’s medicines are helpful for this condition like headache, menstrual pain, minor injuries, muscle aches, backache, and arthritis. You can buy simple pain relievers medicine without a doctor’s prescription. Naproxen, Aspirin and ibuprofen are common pain relievers. But you should take only a small amount of these drugs because taking too much amount of these medicines has side effects like kidney injury and disturbance in the stomach.
Strong pain reliever like Voltaren is only available with a doctor’s prescription.
Sometimes in the case of serious pain doctors give steroid drugs but steroid drugs have many side effects like high blood sugar, mood change, weight gain, and disordered sleep. So I always try to take the lowest dose of steroids.
Here are some simple home remedies that can help you in the condition of pain:
- An ice pack or hot compress is a simple way to relieve minor pain
- Cold therapy is good after an injury
- Heat therapy increases the blood flow toward the injured area
- Apply heat and cold therapy for 15 minutes at a time
- Exercise is a good way to overcome the pain physical activities can slow the severity of pain
- Yoga also relieves pain and improves your health condition
- Massage helps you reduce pain and feel relaxed