Ask your nurse or doctor about pain medicines for your child. Another means of relieving your child's pain is through the use of non-drug methods. These methods can be effective for mild to moderate pain and help to boost the pain relief effects of drugs. Like pain medicine, each non-drug method works differently for different types of pain. Talk with your child's nurse about which of these methods would work best for you and your child.
Less pain means less stress on the body and the mind, and faster healing.
I'm afraid that my child will become addicted or hooked. When pain medicines are given and taken in the right way, patients rarely become addicted to them. My child is sleeping and never complains, so she must not be feeling any pain. Children respond to pain in many different ways. Ask the doctors and nurses how much pain to expect and how long it should last.