How to relieve cancer pain

1. Distraction
        There are many kinds of distraction activities, and any content that can attract the patient's attention can be applied to pain relief. Such as listening to music, watching TV, listening to the radio, etc. But this method can only be used for mild pain, and it won't work if the pain is severe.

2. Relaxation therapy
        Relaxation therapy can relieve mental tension, stretch skeletal muscles, block and relieve pain, and trigger a variety of physiological and biochemical reactions in the body. For example, the body's oxygen consumption decreases, the rate of breathing and heartbeat decreases, blood pressure decreases, and the secretion of adrenaline and norepinephrine decreases. Mental and psychological disorders such as anxiety, depression, and panic caused by pain will gradually alleviate.

3. Psychotherapy
        There is no doubt that patients with this disease have very bad emotions. We should try our best to let cancer patients vent their negative emotions in an appropriate way in communication, and do the work of family members, so that cancer patients can feel the positive emotions of the society and family members and become Be cheerful and open-minded. This is very helpful for cancer pain.

4. skin irritation
        (1) Massage to relieve pain: According to the painful part, the patient can perform slow and steady circular massage on the waist, back and feet by himself or by others. You can also massage acupoints such as Zusanli, Neiguan and Hegu.
        (2) Temperature stimulation for pain relief: When cancer pain occurs, if you want to use temperature stimulation for pain relief, it is recommended to use cold compresses. If cold compresses are not suitable for some parts, other methods can be used to assist pain relief. Cold compresses relieve pain by causing numbness in the local area. The effect is better and the pain lasting longer. When applying cold compresses, use a towel to wrap an ice pouch or ice water bag for partial cold compresses. Pay attention to local reactions, and it is advisable to whiten the skin. But frostbite must not occur.
        (3) Pressure pain relief: The pain relief effect is achieved by pressing on the painful area. If the pain relief is not obvious, then look for the best pressure pain relief point. After finding the fixed pressure for about 1 to 2 minutes, sometimes the pain relief time can reach a few minutes. Minutes or even hours.

5. analgesics
        If none of the above methods can effectively relieve pain, only analgesics can be considered. You can ask a doctor to prescribe it. Chinese medicine is a powerful analgesic, but you must follow the doctor's advice when using it.