Myths about pain

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Myth		Facts
Pain builds character.		Absolutely no evidence of this exists.
Children will tell you if they are in pain.		Children often do not convey that they are in pain, but turn inward and become quiet to cope with it.
If children are in pain, but do not appear to be, they don�t need medication.		Children learn to adapt and may not show visible signs of pain. But it is the health professional�s ethical obligation to ask them if they are in pain.
Pain killers are addictive in therapeutic doses.		Pain killers are NOT addictive in therapeutic doses. Overdoses are rare and in most cases reversible.
Children neither experience nor remember pain to the same degree as adults.		By at least 30 weeks gestation, the fetus� pathways for the transference of pain are established and functioning. Very young children feel and experience pain in similar ways as adults.