Assessing pain in newborns and children can be difficult. In the smallest children, pain assessment is based on different types of behaviors. Depending on the child's age and development, pain can then be assessed using different measurement tools. In this regard, a faces scale and a numeric scale are commonly used tools that express pain through different facial expressions or on a scale from 1 to 10.
Assessing Pain in Children
If your child is in pain, it's important to regularly assess the pain to determine how intense it is, where it is located, and how effective the current treatment is.
