Take your baby to the hospital for treatment, take medicine, get injections, and after surgery, etc., owners often ask the doctor this question.
Indeed, dogs and cats can feel pain, but dogs and cats have much weaker ability to perceive pain than humans. We may think that injections are painful, but it is only mild pain for them.
As for many dogs and cats barking when they are injected, they observe carefully. Many times, they start barking before the injection because they are nervous...
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Why does it hurt? The appearance of pain is to remind us that there are discomfortable parts of the body, and to urge us to rest and solve the discomfort to be cured. To endure pain in the short term, which is evolved by animals including humans in the process of avoiding predation, but most animals cannot withstand long and severe pain. However, long-term pain and excessive pain will not only prolong the recovery time, but also increase the incidence and mortality rate after surgery.
Then how do you know if the hairy child is in pain?
If the hairy child feels pain, the careful owner will soon observe that it is "different from usual". The specific one can be judged from the combination of posture, movement, call, and behavior.
Position:
Protected painful areas, sitting or lying down, trying to lie down in an incorrect position, hanging their heads down, etc.;
Movement:
Unwilling to exercise, walking abnormally, limping, trembling and shaking the head, walking with your tail drooping, less exercise, sleeping in the nest, getting up slowly, etc.;
Crying:
Similar to screaming, crying, barking or roaring;
Behavior:
Sensitive and excited, lack of appetite, docileness in licking hair, urinating randomly, gentle personality, and becoming angry, becoming docile in anger, licking wounds, etc.;
But it is also possible that after a small pain for a long time, the hairy child becomes accustomed to it and does not show any abnormal behavior. There was once a dog with inverted eyelashes. The inverted eyelashes lasted for two years without any abnormal behavior. It was not until the inverted eyelashes caused other symptoms to appear in the eyes.
Cats are even more so, because cats also exist as prey when they are in the wild, hiding pain is one of the skills of cats to survive in the wild, so the owner needs to observe carefully.
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When do I need pain management?
Pain management is an important part of the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and trauma, and pain management is required during wound treatment and postoperative care. At the same time, pain is also a common or main symptom of many diseases. Some pain is even a disease itself, and pain management is also required in the treatment plan for these diseases. How is pain management done?
Use pain medication is a common method for pain management. There are two main types of painkillers, central nervous system painkillers and antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drugs.
Pain management for surgery is usually given a certain painkiller before the operation. After the anesthesia is awake, the effect of the medicine is just right to relieve the pain.
Large wounds may be treated with local anesthesia. Local anesthesia can effectively relieve pain, but can only relieve pain in a short period of time, and is usually used to relieve the most severe pain in the initial stage.
Performance must follow the doctor's advice! Human painkillers must not be taken casually!