Pain care for elderly patients with bone cancer

How to provide pain care for elderly patients with bone cancer? Pain is the main symptom of advanced bone cancer, and elderly patients have to endure more severe cancer pain. In order to relieve the pain of elderly patients and achieve satisfactory treatment results, it is very important to relieve the pain of elderly patients with bone cancer.

1. Psychological stress relief

Excessive psychological pressure, anxiety, fear, etc. can increase the degree of pain, and pain will increase the patient's pain, forming a vicious circle. To ensure the smooth progress of treatment, efforts should be made to reduce the patient's psychological pressure. Encourage the elderly to express their pain feelings and efforts to adapt to pain; respect the elderly's behavioral reactions when in pain, put yourself in the patient's shoes, support the patient with sympathy, comfort and encouragement, and establish a friendly relationship of mutual trust; understand and encourage patients to build confidence in overcoming the disease.

2. Good ward environment

The ward environment for elderly patients needs to be quiet, clean, with fresh air and appropriate humidity. Safety management should be strengthened for elderly patients, and bed guards should be set to prevent patients from falling and causing fractures, delaying treatment and rehabilitation. At the same time, the floor should be clean and free of water or have anti-slip measures. A good recuperation environment can allow patients to relax and stay happy, which can naturally reduce the pain of patients and facilitate the coordination of various treatments.

3. Symptomatic care

For negative and pessimistic elderly people, we can explain advanced treatment plans and progress at home and abroad, invite some patients with good therapeutic effects to give lectures in person, mobilize patients' enthusiasm, eliminate negative emotions, and enable patients to bravely fight against pain; anxious and depressed elderly people often have strong self-esteem and are unwilling to express their inner feelings, so we should take the initiative to chat with the elderly to talk about the causes of pain and small tips to reduce or relieve pain. We should tell patients that pain can be controlled and they should establish the determination to overcome the disease; we should be patient with sad and irritable patients, and not yell at them. We should be ideal for the elderly, explain patiently, care for the elderly more, and improve the pain.