If you still feel pain after one month of regular treatment by the relevant specialist (e.g. rehabilitation physiotherapy, Chinese massage, neurology, orthopedics, dermatology, rheumatology, etc.) and the disease does not improve, please visit the pain department and get the opinion of a pain specialist. Pain may be a symptom of the primary disease, or it may be the disease itself. There are eight major misconceptions about pain treatment: Misconception 1: Superstition about a certain method There are not many advantages and disadvantages of the method itself, but only suitability and unsuitability. What is suitable is a good method. Which method can cure a part of the patients, but which method can not cure all patients, and even in some cases, a certain therapy is contraindicated. Therefore, it is necessary to adhere to the right attitude and find a specific cure suitable for the patient himself, not one-sided exaggeration, superstition in a particular therapy, and not subjective resistance to a particular therapy. The second misconception is that some people have a lot of pain, but they don’t pay attention to it and like to find a small clinic on the street, or a massage parlor to rub it. Because pain is a very complex phenomenon, if not carefully judged, it is easy to deviate, and few informal doctors in small clinics have been professionally trained, often treat a moment and hurt a life. The third misconception is that the treatment of minor illnesses is a big one. Because of the abundance of information, many people believe in advertising, the Internet, books, and medical trusts, and the diversity of symptoms of chronic pain diseases, some mild or early patients are eager to seek medical treatment and feel that they can be quickly cured by using more and better drugs, often using a combination of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine, massage, drug application, and acupuncture together, resulting in “minor illnesses The big cure”, excessive treatment, the results are counterproductive. Myth four: pain massage some pain is caused by excessive muscle tension, massage can indeed play a very good effect. But the massage therapist is not a physician, she can not diagnose all diseases, and more can not determine whether your spine deformation, whether there is osteoporosis, so it is easy to cure other diseases out, such as fractures, nerve damage, etc.. If the pain is caused by edema of the nerve root, if the massage will aggravate the edema of the nerve root, making the condition worse. Myth 5: Self-administered painkillers Blindly and prematurely taking painkillers can temporarily relieve pain, but because the painkillers cover up the site and nature of the pain, which is not conducive to the doctor’s observation and judgment of the disease site, is not conducive to the doctor’s correct diagnosis and timely treatment. Moreover, taking the medicine produces damage to liver and kidney functions and gastrointestinal irritation symptoms, leading to serious consequences. The old disease is not effectively cured, and the new disease is created, which brings great pain to the patient. Therefore, it is necessary to go to the pain department for regular treatment and consultation. Myth #6: Stopping medication when symptoms are slightly relieved: In fact, once pain is controlled for a few days, patients often try to reduce the number of times they take medication, on the one hand because they are worried about the adverse effects of the medication, and on the other hand, they may be worried about the medication from family and friends. And in fact, the relief of many painful diseases is based on the doctor’s examination, not on the symptoms alone to stop the medication, and some medications need to be stopped gradually, not withdrawn at once. Myth 7: The use of hormones is dangerous Due to the one-sided media coverage of hormones, many pain patients are also often worried about the presence of hormones in their medications. In fact, hormones are good drugs for treating pain caused by acute and subacute soft tissue trauma and immune diseases, and the key is that the principles of use should be mastered. It is safe to administer small doses for a short period of time under the guidance of a doctor, and hormonal drugs have anti-inflammatory effects and can also reduce pain. However, long-term application of hormones can lead to adverse consequences such as elevated blood pressure and elevated blood sugar. Therefore, glucocorticosteroids are a double-edged sword in pain treatment, and their reasonable use is a good medicine to cure the disease, while abuse can bring damage. Misconception 8: belittle prevention Many current pain disorders are due to unhealthy lifestyles and are not difficult to prevent. Such as the control of environmental temperature and humidity, the correct daily work posture and rest position, etc..