It can all start with a long, stressful day at work, lifting something heavy, or even just getting out of your seat. He presents himself to you as your enemy. It attacks you until it is controlled or eliminated. Some people live with it as something normal and others cannot live with it, resulting in their death. It’s different in every way and in every person. Some people ignore it, which makes the situation uncontrollable. Acute pain can come on suddenly and can be treated, but chronic pain makes your life miserable, especially when it is left uncontrolled (Cox, 2010). Pain can occur for many reasons; this can be related to illness and injury or even after surgery (Cox, 2010). It can change your life, require you to take medication every day and if you are alert you will learn a lot about your body. According to Dopson (2010) “Many people with chronic pain are unable to work, which has a negative impact on the economy. In 2000, it was estimated that the cost of back pain alone was 12 billion and today, 119 million working days are lost each year because of… (p. 35). Chronic pain can last three months or more without success. Today, in recent days, patients have been complaining of chronic pain more and more often. Chronic pain can be critical; We know that chronic pain is generally pain that increases over time. Pain is identified by what the patient says (Cox, 2010). Usually, a scale with numbers from 0 to 10 is used: “0” means no pain and “10” means the worst pain ever (Cox, 2010). Chronic pain starts out acute and then progresses as it gets worse (Cox, 2010). Chronic pain disrupts your lifestyle, changes your life, and can make you a weaker person (Dopson & Cox, 2010). In some people this causes disability. Most people with chronic pain live with it for the rest of their ...... middle of paper ...... some movement, does it hurt all the time (Cox, 2010)? What makes you feel better, what have you tired of doing to relieve the pain (Cox, 2010)? These are all good questions to ask the patient. By managing pain with medication, increasing the patient's activity, showing the patient how to be independent, and using non-pharmacological interventions, the patient will achieve their state of well-being. (Dopson and Cox, 2010). Since pain interacts with the patient's life, it must be assessed and treated properly in order to help the patient lead a normal life. Works Cited Cox, F. (2010). Basic principles of pain management: assessment and intervention. Asrt & Science Pain Series: 1, 36-39. Dopson, L. and Cox, F. (2010). Role of pain management programs in chronic pain. art and science, 35-40. Hinchy, S. (2010). The challenge of chronic pain. Primary health care, 26-29.