Pain that is severe and constant or unrelenting and which is unrelieved by usual pain management measures is described as:
a. acute.
b. chronic.
c. severe.
d. physical.
c
Severe pain is pain that is severe and constant or unrelenting and which is unrelieved by usual pain management
measures. For example, the extreme and constant pain often
associated with cancer may not be relieved by strong anal
gesics alone and the individual may also require non-drug
therapy such as surgery to block the nerve fibres conducting
the pain impulses.
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