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Your Pain Level
Your pain matters when you are healing. Speak Up about your pain and tell your healthcare team:
• How long you’ve been feeling pain, where and how much.
• What kind of pain—dull, aching, throbbing, sharp, stabbing, burning or tingling, constant or irregular.
• If there is anything that makes your pain feel better or worse.
• How much, if any, relief you are getting from your medicine and how long you feel relief.
Ask about managing your pain with other treatment options.
Rate Your Pain On This Scale
Controlling Your Pain Can Help You:
Heal More Comfortably
Get Well Faster & Return To Daily Life
Reduce Anxiety & Stress
Sleep Better
Reduce Risk Of Medical Complications & Chronic Pain
PAIN SCALE
