As a rule, all cancer patients are experiencing not only a temporary sense of pain, but also a number of concomitant disorders in the body.
Clinical characteristics depend on:
- of the affected organ;
- of the individual threshold of pain sensitivity in the patient;
- his psyche;
- constitution.
Therefore in oncology quite often it is necessary to speak about such concept, as a chronic painful syndrome.
It should be noted that the process of rehabilitation of a patient with cancer is aimed, first of all, at creating comfortable conditions for his existence. With the help of a team of specialists from a narrow field, physical and mental suffering can be cured.
Here will help:
- radiologist;
- Surgeon;
- chemotherapist;
- neurologist;
- anesthesiologist;
- psychologist, etc.
As for the general practitioner, he, too, for his part can help to effectively reduce the pain in cancer patient, but only in a smaller percentage of cases.
The vast majority of cancer patients die from a progressing tumor. On average, cancer patients with chronic pain syndrome, which is caused by generalized tumors, live no more than a year .
When assessing chronic pain syndrome, special attention should be paid to the condition of the patient himself.
The physician should evaluate the development of the tumor and its relationship to the pain syndrome, as well as the function of systems and organs that can have a particular impact on the quality of life and activity of the patient, as well as psychosocial factors.
The psychological component is characterized by memories. Also, the cause may be an exacerbation of the concomitant disease or a consequence of intensive treatment.
Be that as it may, but , the main cause of pain in oncology is the irritation of specific pain receptors. All these receptors are located in various tissues and organs. Some of them are contained in the skin, mucous membranes, as well as in the periosteum and in the mineral and spongy part of the bones of .
Another cause of pain in cancer is the peptide endothelin-1.The level of this substance increases significantly in certain types of tumors, including in prostate cancer.
There are certain types of cancer that are almost always accompanied by physical pain. Some people begin to experience pain with the growth of a tumor or as a result of the spread of the process to other organs. In some cases, pain may occur due to complications of antitumor treatment.
