Pain is a multifactorial experience, with sensory (“ouch”) and affective (emotional) components.1 Untreated pain can delay recovery, decrease quality of life, and disturb the human–animal bond.1 Pain also increases the body’s stress response to traumatic injury and causes alterations in metabolic and endocrine function. It is now well... + Leer más
Pain is a multifactorial experience, with sensory (“ouch”) and affective (emotional) components.1 Untreated pain can delay recovery, decrease quality of life, and disturb the human–animal bond.1 Pain also increases the body’s stress response to traumatic injury and causes alterations in metabolic and endocrine function. It is now well established that animals and humans have similar neuro-anatomical pathways for the transduction, transmission, and modulation of pain.1 A fundamental part of quality, compassionate veterinary care is prevention and management of pain and, therefore, it must be quickly recognized, assessed, and treated by the veterinary team.
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