Early diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain more frequent in women

From menstrual pain to childbirth pain, from muscle and tendon injury pain and joint pain, which are common among women at home, to osteoporosis back pain, herpes zoster neuralgia, and even more serious cancer pain, pain problems affect the lives of women of all ages. The World Pain Society has designated October 15 as the fourth World Pain Day, and the Chinese Pain Society has designated October 15-21 as the fourth Chinese Analgesic Week, with the theme of this year being “Women’s Pain”. The theme of this year is “Concern for Women’s Pain”. To do early diagnosis and treatment. In order to arouse people’s concern about pain, the International Pain Society decided to designate a day in October each year as World Pain Day, starting in 2004. The World Pain Congress recognized pain as the “5th most important sign of human life” after breathing, pulse, temperature and blood pressure. Chronic pain is a symptom as well as a disease. Statistics and studies show that about 30% of the global population suffers from chronic pain for many years. This problem has not been given enough attention in China. Painful diseases such as neck, shoulder, lumbar and leg pain are more common and widespread among the female population in China. As the main worker in the family, women are prone to chronic muscle injury, tendinitis, soft tissue injury, arthritis and other painful diseases due to long-term domestic work; menstrual pain is more common in young women; depression secondary to pain can occur in menopausal women due to special physiological changes; in addition, estrogen changes cause changes in bone metabolism (e.g. osteoporosis, osteophytes, etc.), and this type of pain is prolonged over time and forms a chronic pain condition. The state; there are also older women due to reduced resistance, the onset of herpes zoster is also common, due to herpes virus damage to the nerves and cause neuropathic pain; other female tumors such as breast disease, ovarian tumors, uterine tumors, intervertebral disc herniation, degenerative changes in bone and joints can cause pain. Long-term pain can greatly reduce the quality of life of women, and in serious cases, it can also easily lead to psychological problems such as fear, anxiety, insomnia and depression, and anxiety, depression and insomnia can further aggravate the pain, forming a vicious circle, and this pain has poor effect on general treatment, and patients are in chronic pain for a long time, with low quality of life and even pain. In life, many people do not feel that pain is a big deal, and carrying and enduring it has become the choice of most people. This is very wrong, most chronic pain is a disease in itself, and only when the pain is stopped can the disease be cured. Some pain is also a manifestation of some serious diseases, and only by finding the right cause first can we cure the disease and stop the pain. At present, in addition to the common drug treatment, there are some unique pain relief methods, such as nerve block, radiofrequency therapy, painless delivery, etc., which have little damage to the patients and have good clinical efficacy. The Ministry of Health has issued a notice in September this year requiring hospitals above the second level in China to gradually carry out “pain department” treatment services. The Ministry of Health has issued a notice in September this year requiring hospitals above the second level in China to gradually carry out “pain department” treatment services. To keep women away from pain, the family and society should also give women more care, love and help, women should also pay attention to life conditioning, such as menstruation should lie down more, pay attention to rest, minimize standing and bending time, do not eat cold food, do not use cold water, and with the necessary medication, menopause should pay attention to supplement calcium, estrogen, appropriate painkillers, etc.