Pain and Emotion, a Reflection for the Health Practitioner

• Main Authors: Paola Vernaza-Pinzón, Lucia Posadas-Pérez, Cristóbal Acosta-Vernaza
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Magdalena 2019-01-01
• Series: Duazary
• Online Access: http://revistas.unimagdalena.edu.co/index.php/duazary/article/view/2639

This review proposes to reflect on the role that emotions play in relation to an unpleasant experience for the human being called pain. The painful stimulus causes situations of disability to a greater or lesser extent, depending on how it is evaluated and addressed, leading to emotional and cognitive alterations that generate a lower quality of life in the person/patient, from functional, psychological, occupational and social aspects. A bibliographic review is carried out, which allows the health professional to reflect on the integral management of the patient who consults for a symptom, that, if not managed properly, will trigger a painful syndrome that interferes and threatens its existence.