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Pain Awareness Month
Presented by:- Julie
There are different types of pain.
Acute Pain
Pain that comes on quickly, can be severe but lasts a short time.
Chronic Pain
Pain over a long period of time and does not respond to treatment.
Diabetes, arthritis, migraine, fibro myalgia, cancer and sciatica are all
Long term chronic pain.
I suffer from long term back pain due to a car accident where I was hit
from behind by a truck. That caused upper shoulder and neck pain.
My lower back pain was caused by falling off a trampoline and injuring
the coccyx when I was young. The rest of the back pain is from
exercising my eldest child who had cerebral palsy and from degenerative
discs.
Musculoskeletal Pain
Musculoskeletal pain affects muscles, tendons and ligaments and bones.
People with Fibromyalgia say that their muscles, tendons and ligaments
are affected. I have Fibromyalgia which is a very debilitating syndrome.
There are many symptoms. Widespread pain, sleep disorders, memory loss,
fatigue, morning stiffness, irritable bowel syndrome, headaches, acid reflux,
sensitive to loud noises and odours and more.
When I’ve had operations such as gall bladder I experience
pain in the area that was cut. When I had a hysterectomy the muscles
along the scar are affected by pain.
Neuropathy Pain
Neuropathy pain is due to a disease or injury affecting the nervous system
It can be caused by diabetes, carpal tunnel, chronic alcohol
use, vitamin deficiencies. I have Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D (sunlight) deficiencies
and peripheral anaemia and with this I suffer from nerve pain.
Nerve pain is a type of pain that can produce numbness, tingling, burning, sharp,
dull, throbbing.
This is my understanding of pain that I have endured for years. It is in layman’s
terms only.
 
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