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Realistically, cancer is a common cause of chronic pain, as well as back pain, migraine or arthritis. The pain should not be seen as inevitable. Knowing that there are effective treatments, he should express his pain whether acute or continuous.

Chronic pain is a reality that must express

This is a full-fledged disease that affects 75 million Europeans, tibia gold,or 15% of the population. For many of them, the pain is almost constant and continuous.
Chronic pain is mainly generated by the joints and osteoarthritis (31%), headache (15%), back pain (15%) and cancer.

70% of cancers are painful

About 20% of cancer patients have pain at diagnosis or early treatment, and between 60 and 90% advanced. Cancer is a very painful disease. The pain is caused by the tumor itself, examinations (endoscopy, biopsy, aspiration …) and cancer treatments (chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery) which can cause side effects.

Expressing his sorrow to his doctor

25 to 30% of patients do not receive treatment against pain or it is insufficient. It also notes that 20% of patients do not express spontaneous pain they feel. But pain is not inevitable, “it is unnecessary and destructive.” It must be valued and supported effectively. The evaluation requires including the identification of all the pain, because pain often coexist different. We must also distinguish between chronic (permanent) severe pain (point). The former is a basic treatment, while the latter require fast-acting medications and short. Note that estimates that 50 to 75% of cancer patients treated for chronic pain also have acute attacks. They should therefore benefit from both types of treatments.

The pain of cancer is primarily treated by morphine. The use of this molecule depends on the intensity of pain and not the severity of the disease. Morphine can be used from time to time or continuously. Indeed, used in the context of pain, there is no dependence on morphine. It should inform patients.