It can all start with a long stressful day at work, lifting something heavy or even just getting out of your seat. He comes to you as your enemy. Attacks you until controlled or eliminated. Some people live with this as something normal and others cannot live with it causing their death. It is different in every way and in every person. Some people ignore it, causing it to get out of control. Acute pain can come on suddenly and can be treated, but chronic pain makes life miserable especially if uncontrolled (Cox, 2010). Pain can occur for many reasons; it can be related to illness and injury or even after surgery (Cox, 2010). It can make you life-changing, it can make you take medications every day, and if you're careful, you'll learn a lot about your body. According to Dopson, (2010) “Many who suffer from chronic pain are unable to work, which negatively affects the economy. In 2000, the cost of back pain alone was estimated to be 12 billion and today 119 million working days are lost per year due to…(p.35).” Chronic pain can last three months or more without success. Now, in recent days, it has become more common to hear patients complaining of chronic pain. Chronic pain can be critical; It is known that chronic pain is usually pain that increases with time. Pain is identified by whatever the patient says it is (Cox, 2010). A scale with numbers from 0 to 10 is usually used: “0” means no pain and “10” means the worst pain ever experienced (Cox, 2010). Chronic pain begins acutely and then progresses as it gets worse (Cox, 2010). Chronic pain disables your life, changes your life, and can make you a weaker person (Dopson & Cox, 2010). In some people it causes disabilities. Most people with chronic pain live with it the rest of the time… middle of paper… does a certain movement always hurt (Cox, 2010)? What makes you feel better, what have you done to relieve the pain (Cox, 2010)? All of these are good questions to ask the patient. By managing pain with medications, increasing the patient's activity, showing him how to be independent, and using non-pharmacological interventions, the patient will achieve his state of well-being. (Dopson and Cox, 2010). Since pain interacts with the patient's life, it should be assessed and treated correctly to help him have a normal life. Works CitedCox, F. (2010). Basic principles of pain management: assessment and intervention. Asrt Series and Pain Science: 1, 36-39.Dopson, L., & Cox, F. (2010). Role of pain management programs in chronic pain. art and science, 35-40.Hinchy, S. (2010). The challenge of chronic pain. Primary healthcare, 26-29.