Pain Impacts Everyday Life

Pain Impacts Everyday Life (NAPSA)—Theeffects of chronic pain on a person’s everydaylife can be cyclical, oftentimes a downwardspiral. People are unable to participate in daily activities such as playing with children or grandchildren, performing household tasks and working at a job outside the home. This inability to function can lead to frustration and depression, enhancing the pain and perpetuating the inability of people to lead normallives. Major changes in lifestyle and quality of life can result unless the cycle is reversed. A survey commissioned by Partners Against Pain identified pain’s impact on people’s lives. The results are as follows: How chronic pain interferes with everydaylife Pain sufferers agree that pain affects a variety of areasoftheir lives, from one's ability to drive to one's ability to sleep. Ability to sleep Overall Mood Ability to Drive Abilityto have sexualrelations —_—Ability to feed oneself Source: “Survev of Pain in America" commissioned bv Partners Aaainst Pain @ It is important that patients do not shy away from sharingtheir pain with their treating physicians. Properly describing the severity andfrequency of pain experienced helps health care professionals prescribe the most appropriate and effective pain management regimen. For more information about pain managementvisit the Partners Against Pain Web site at www.partnersagainstpain.com or write to Partners Against Pain at 1 Stamford Forum, Department M, Stamford, Connecticut, 06901-3431.