People Should Never Ignore Pain!
Some of us must be very concerned about health, especially by keeping the environment clean and maintain a healthy diet. But often we ignore the pain that we experience, by only assuming it as a mild disease.
Perhaps you can cope with it using pain-relieving drugs in order to be able to work again normally. It’s just a myth, the drug is only temporary. What other myths that successfully play trick on the human mind, consider the truth.
Myth 1: Women are smarter to cope with pain compared to men.
Fact: It is said by Doris K. Cope, MD, director of the University of Pittsburgh who dealt with pain medicine program, until now, study shows that women can tolerate pain better than men. This is because women are more sensitive to pain and heat that approached.
Usually women feels bothered by the inconvenience and immediately goes to the doctor. Take a look around at your office, who are more often stay home because they are sick? Male or female?
Myth 2: The pain will go away with pain medicines.
Fact: How does pain medicine works until you feel well after drinking it? This drug is only temporary, rather than eliminating the actual cause of pain. For example, when you feet is sprained, does pain-relieving drugs cure it? no it doesn’t.
What if the pain is an early sign of cancer, are you also going to use this medication continuously, until you do not know that it is a symptom of serious disease. Minor diseases will be cured in less than a week. Well if you are experiencing the same pain over and over again, try to consult a doctor.
Myth 3: Pain in your breast is not a sign of cancer.
Fact: In the case of breast cancer, is rarely preceded by a pain, but it also can occur, explains Edith Perez, MD, director of the breast cancer program at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.
The early symptoms of inflammatory breast cancer usually cause such discomfort More indications of breast cancer obtained from the emergence of a lump in the breast and the changes of the breast display, or may experience pain from the breast.
Myth 4: The advantage is, do not feel sore after exercise.
Fact: Normal if you feel a little pain when following a new exercise program, it means that your practice is strikes the muscles of the body. But if you feel excessive pain, that means you’re doing something wrong in the exercise, or may experience overtraining due to excessive exercise.
To start a new exercise, swimming for example, you can perform alternately with the usual exercise you do.
Myth 5: All pain can be cured.
Fact: Many chronic conditions, such as back pain are difficult to cure. “But everyone can learn how to control their pain, so pain does not control them,” says Dr. Gordon Irving, MD, medical director of Swedish Pain Centre.
Techniques to avoid pain is exercise that provides a relaxing effect, this exercise can strengthen the muscles so that complaints of pain will not often arise.
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