Severe Pain – Disabling unable to perform daily living activities.ħ – Severe pain that dominates your senses and significantly limits your ability to perform normal daily activities or maintain social relationships. It can’t be ignored for more than a few minutes, but with effort you still can manage to work or participate in some social activities.Ħ – Moderately strong pain that interferes with normal daily activities. If you are deeply involved in an activity, it can be ignored for a period of time, but is still distracting.ĥ – Moderately strong pain. Moderate Pain – Interferes significantly with daily living activities.Ĥ – Moderate pain. Annoying and may have occasional stronger twinges.ģ – Pain is noticeable and distracting, however, you can get used to it and adapt. Most of the time you don’t think about it.Ģ – Minor pain. Mild Pain – Nagging, annoying, but doesn’t really interfere with daily living activities.ġ – Pain is very mild, barely noticeable. Following a surgery or procedure, typically we tell patients to continue to take medications that allow them to maintain a level of “5 or below.” To effectively use the pain scale, familiarize yourself with the levels before your procedure, identifying what key levels are indicative to your pain level. It is important that you take the pain scale seriously.īecause pain is subjective, it is difficult to explain what you’re feeling to another person-even your own doctor. If you want your pain to be taken seriously,
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