On the question of the features of pain syndrome in oncopediatric practice

Abstract

Background. Nociceptive and neuropathic pains are characteristic of oncological diseases and can be complicated by a psychogenic component, the conditions for the formation of which in juvenile cancer patients are poorly studied.Aim. A clinical analysis of a psychogenic pain symptom complex acting in isolation or as a component of a pain disorder with somatic prerequisites.Materials and methods. Using the clinical and psychopathological method, 60 patients aged 10–17 years undergoing treatment in an oncological hospital were studied.Results and conclusion. Psychogenic pain is a component of polymorphic psychogenic education (nosogenic reaction), it develops in children with a special characterological warehouse when they get into a situation of hospital stress.

Keywords

• pain syndrome
• neuropathy
• psychogenic pain
• children
• adolescents
• oncopediatrics