What is Acute Pain?
Acute pain by the name itself you can understand that this pain is at a mild level that lasts for some time and if not taken care of in time, it may gradually turn into moderate or severe pain. Acute pain usually starts unexpectedly and is acute in nature. It also acts as a symptom or sign of some illness or threat to the body. Acute pain often subsides after six months of the treatment or healing of its underlying cause. It also seldom lasts longer than that. When an injury occurs, such as a cut, bruise, broken bone, burn, or torn muscle, acute pain often begins immediately.
What are The Signs of Acute Pain?
Acute pain generally stays for a short amount of time and the most common signs of acute pain include:
- A sharp sudden pain
- Throbbing in that region
- Burning sensation
- Pain feels like its stabbing you there
- You feel a tingling sensation
- Weakness occurs
- You feel numb in those regions
- Sore
- Fever
- Coughing
- Unable to focus
- Cramps
- Muscle spasm
- Unable to sleep
- Short of breathe
- Redness
- Stiff body
- Nausea
- Vomiting
What are The Causes of Acute Pain?
There are severe causes of why acute pain occurs to a person. The common factors that lead to mild or acute pain are as follows:
- Calcium deficiency
- Cuts
- Injury
- Sprains
- Muscle spasm
- Trauma
- Severe accident
- After the effect of surgery
- Slept in improper posture or position
- Little to no physical activity
- Improper weight lifting during exercise
- Lifting weight for a long time
- Psychological issues
- Sleeping on a poor mattress or head pillows
- Bone fractures
- Also, early symptoms of musculoskeletal conditions
- Burns on body
- Sudden body movement
How to Treat Acute Pain?
It can be challenging to identify and manage the medical condition of acute discomfort. Also, there are numerous things or conditions that could be to blame for it. FAn important component of treatment is identifying and addressing the source of the pain. Additionally, the following are a few possible initial treatments:
- Resting the bodily part that injured
- Also, use of heat or ice pack over that region
- NSAID drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, naproxen sodium, or acetaminophen
- Narcotic (opioid) medications (such as codeine or morphine)
- Antidepressant drugs could also be the second tier of therapies
- Anticonvulsants
- Also, going for physical exercise
- Taking doses of steroids to lessen tissue inflammation
- Exercising more often with rest in between
- Bioelectric treatment (using local electrical stimulation to moderate pain)
- Also, lowering of tension in that region for sometime
- Drugs that relax the muscles
- Also, using local anesthetics to unblock nerve activity
- Injections into the trigger point also alleviate muscular spasms
- Acupuncture
