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Pain Medicine at Prisma Health Children's Hospital-Upstate is raising money for Greenville Health Authority
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Every year Children's Hospital Radiothon is held in the lobby of Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital, broadcasting live on each of the seven Entercom Upstate stations: 106.3 WORD, ESPN Upstate, Classic Rock 101.1, 93.3 The Planet, Magic 98.9, B93.7, and 96.3 The Block. The 2019 Radiothon will be held August 8 and 9.
Throughout the two days of Radiothon, on-air personalities share stories and interviews from patients and families who have been served by Prisma Health Children's HospitalUpstate departments, programs and services.
Pediatric Pain Medicine
Research suggests that 30 to 40 percent of children and teens complain of pain that occurs at least once per week. Recent studies show that if pain isn’t treated – or isn’t treated enough – it can affect a child for years to come. Up to 5 percent of adolescents have severe and chronic pain that interferes with daily living, school attendance, and activities.
We use a range of evidence-based methods to treat and rehabilitate people from pain and pain-related disability. These can include medicines, psychological treatments, complementary and integrative treatments, and sometimes procedures. For example, we can teach children strategies they can use to change their pain experience by turning it down or turning it off, in addition to using medicines to dampen overactive nerve activity. Complementary and integrative methods, such as acupuncture, may be used, too. Because we generally have so many treatments options for pain, we do not use potentially addictive opioid medications (oxycodone, Percocet, Oxycontin, etc.) to treat pain in children except in cases of pediatric cancers, sickle cell disease, and end of life care, and even those require a careful balance of risks and benefits.
Support Pediatric Pain Medicine with a donation!
Donations made to Pediatric Pain Medicine through this year's Radiothon will go to the department's greatest current need.
Need another way to give? You can use our text-to-give option!
Simply text PainMedicine to 41444, then follow the link in the reply to access the donation form.