Pain

Pain is the number one symptom or complaint that causes people to seek health care. It alters or compromises quality of life more than any other single health-realated problem. Despite more than 20 years of work by clinicians and profesional organizations, There have been only slight imporvements in pain management. Unrelieved and undertreated pain remains a major yet avoidable public health problem in the United Stated.
Everyone experiences pain at some pont in life. Although this is likely a universal experience, it is also a complex and private one. Because pain is such a personal experience, it is ery difficult to describe or explain to others. Many factors make it hared to understand and assess, including pychosociaal, cultural, and development factors; the influence of gender and environment; and the subjectivity of the pain itself. The amount of pain adn resposes to it vary from person to person , and therefore interpreting pain solely on action or behaviors can be misleading.