Self-report of cancer patients: thousands of ants and beasts bite nerves, and even death is a luxury.

For cancer patients, it is not only the cancer itself that is terrible, but also the painful cancer pain caused by cancer. This kind of cancer pain is only known to those who have experienced it. Those who have not experienced it cannot feel it and are not qualified to say empathy.

The pain that comes as scheduled in the dark is a kind of despair. The 77-year-old Lin (pseudonym) doesn't know how many nights he has endured in this despair.

There is bone metastasis in the late stage of prostate cancer. His pain is like countless ants biting his nerves in his body. His flesh seems to be blooming, and his bones and nerves seem to be torn into countless pieces. After his consciousness slowly plunged into the endless abyss, every trace of pain tugged at his expression again, making him wake up and feel the pain that life was worse than death.

Only half a year after the diagnosis of cancer, his weight dropped from 130 kg to 99 kg. Whenever the pain strikes, my daughter will ask to take him to the pain department of the hospital, but Lin often just smiles bitterly. He believes that cancer likes to torture people in this way. If painkillers are addictive, it will be worse than death, so they often just bear it silently. If they can't bear it, they will use painkillers.

Is cancer terrible because of death? No, the terrible thing about cancer is the pain it brings.

If a person wants to feel the scene of purgatory at ordinary times, he can go to the oncology ward of the hospital to look around. The facial expressions of different types and stages of cancer patients are all masterpieces of cancer pain.

It is no exaggeration to say that all the diseases known to mankind at present have caused pain comparable to cancer. Healthy people accidentally cut their fingers with a knife, which hurts like hell. The pain of pregnant women in labor is like peeling a layer of skin, and the pain felt by cancer patients is even more terrible than giving birth.

Clinical cancer pain, one is the pain caused by cancer cells infiltrating and invading healthy tissues in the body; The other is the pain caused by patients undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Statistics show that more than 60% of the 3.5 million new cancer patients in China are accompanied by different degrees of pain. The proportion of cancer pain in the middle and late stage can reach 80%, especially when bone metastasis, abdominal metastasis and tumor compress nerves occur, the feeling of pain is more intense. Pain is sending a clear signal to your brain through nerve conduction-cancer cells are gnawing at your internal organs.

Who classifies cancer pain into four grades according to the scoring order of 1- 10:

Clinically, patients with advanced cancer basically have moderate or above cancer pain. Some patients have disturbed their sleep, while others, like Lin, can't sleep all night, can't eat, can't sleep or even move at all. No one knows what the scene is in hell, but on earth, the pain of cancer strikes, which is definitely purgatory on earth.

Can cancer pain only be endured by will? Actually, it's not. Gong Liyan, deputy director of the pain clinic of Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, said that cancer pain needs treatment and can be alleviated by treating cancer pain.

Pain has exhausted the patient's tolerance and confidence in fighting cancer to the greatest extent. Suffering can't solve any problems, but it is not conducive to treatment. Imagine that a cancer patient can't eat and sleep, and his body is getting worse every day. How can he overcome the disease?

Many cancer patients are worried that the use of opioid painkillers will lead to dependence or even addiction, which is also wrong. Addiction is caused by abuse. Strictly regulating the use of opioids by cancer patients in clinic is to eliminate pain without dependence.

Clinically, the addiction rate of cancer patients caused by taking opioids is less than four in ten thousand. Standardized medication can not only alleviate the pain of patients, improve their quality of life, but also enhance their confidence in overcoming cancer.

At present, at the national level, the Health and Health Commission has specially issued the Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Pain and the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines for Adult Cancer Pain. The specifications and guidelines will be updated regularly and in real time. In addition, the health committees in various regions also have the norms for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer pain in their own regions.

The goal of standardized treatment of cancer pain is to relieve cancer pain to an acceptable quality of life for patients. The core of the treatment goal is to establish and improve the standardized diagnosis and treatment process of cancer pain. Including routine screening, comprehensive evaluation, reasonable diagnosis, effective analgesia, prevention and control of adverse reactions, active education and regular follow-up, with the participation of medical staff and clinical pharmacists.

According to the standardized treatment guidelines, corresponding treatment measures should be taken for different cancer patients. It is necessary not only to alleviate the pain of patients, but also to control the adverse reactions in the process of medication. The ultimate goal is to reduce the physical pain and psychological burden of patients, so as to maximize the quality of life of patients.

In other words, there is absolutely no need for cancer patients to endure pain with willpower. No pain is the basic right of human existence. When pain occurs, patients can rekindle the flame of life by taking standardized treatment measures. #39 Health Super Group # # Breeze Plan # # Rumor Zero Zero Plan #

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