It may be steady or throbbing. It may be stabbing, aching, or pinching. You can put a number on your pain, for example 0 is no pain and 10 is the worst pain you could possibly imagine. If you can't put a number on your pain tell your health care provider exactly what you were able to do before the pain and what you can't do now that you are in pain. However you feel pain, only you can describe it or define it.
Pain can be acute or chronic.
Acute pain is severe and lasts a relatively short time. There are many medications and ways to relieve pain. Opioids or narcotics, such as morphine, work by scrambling the message or perception of pain in the brain and spinal cord. There is no limit in the amount that can be prescribed for you. These medications can cause constipation.