Pain Management

No. 19 in a series providing the latest information for patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals

Introduction

Some patients with leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative diseases (blood cancers) may experience pain related to the cancer or its treatment. Pain assessment is an important part of any medical evaluation, and pain management is an important part of care. Left untreated, pain can suppress the immune system, delay healing and often leads to depression. Accordingly, pain should be properly assessed and effectively managed throughout treatment and recovery. When pain is accompanied by persistent depression, for example, if a person feels depressed every day for a two-week period, it is also important to seek medical advice. Depression is an illness that needs to be treated even when a person is undergoing treatment for other conditions.

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