lacks statistical information<\/strong><\/a> that allows knowing the impact of chronic pain in the general population.<\/p>\nWhat is known is that pain is prevalent in the older adult population. Findings from the National Study on Health and Aging in Mexico indicate that 41.5% of adults over 50 years of age reported suffering pain, being more frequent in women than in men (48.3% vs. 33.6%), and that the percentage of pain increases in older adults.<\/p>\n
Chronic pain has serious consequences for the people who suffer from it. One in three people with serious ailments cannot lead a normal life, exercise, sleep normally, or participate in social activities. In addition, chronic pain is the main cause of absenteeism and disability, which generates enormous costs for the health sector. Its inappropriate handling has severe physical, affective and socioeconomic repercussions for the person, the family and public health services.<\/p>\n
Treatment is carried out on an individual basis. Many doctors are governed by the analgesic scale of the World Health Organization (WHO), basing their decision mainly on the intensity and characteristics of the pain, as well as the moment in which the disease is found. In many cases, chronic pain improves with palliative care.<\/p>\n
Chronic pain cannot be prevented; However, maintaining an ideal weight, adopting a healthy diet, exercising whenever possible, controlling anxiety and sleeping well are some measures that can help reduce or control pain.<\/p>\n
While another objective of World Pain Day is to emphasize the importance of family support. The emotional support of close ones also helps in the treatment of those affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Throughout the year there are special dates that are related to the field of health. Precisely every October 17, World Day Against Pain is commemorated and its objective is to highlight the urgent need to find better relief for physical suffering due to diseases. You as a doctor live this dilemma on a daily basis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":137051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.saludiario.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dolor_espalda-e1512747658436.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}