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3. Recognizing Pain as per Disease

When we notice that, existence of pain along with its extent or its location are not verbally expressed, it is often best to rely on the symptoms and previously recorded medical cases. For example, a heart attack is bound to give chest pain while a case of liver cirrhosis might mean severe pain in upper right abdomen. Caregivers should be alert to recognize situation of pain triggers in certain patients. For example, a patient may experience acute pain whenever he sleeps on his left side.

Shocking as it might sound, there have been innumerable cases of death due to lack of expression of pain thereby delaying the process of medication. It is responsibility of family, friends and caregivers to be the patient’s eyes and ears in identifying non-verbal signs of pain. The same may then be communicated to the doctors to start immediate treatment.