Spirituality and religiosity in combating pain
The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, peculiar, specific and non transferable associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Pain, especially when chronic, affects all areas of life of individuals, being thus physical,...
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| author | Camilla Domingues do Lago – Rizzardi Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira Silvia Regina Dowgan Tesseroli de Siqueira |
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| description | The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, peculiar,
specific and non transferable associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Pain, especially when chronic, affects all areas of life of
individuals, being thus physical, psychic, and social. Amongst the forms for combating pain, religiosity and spirituality has proved to be
important for sick people, and are related to the reduction of stress pain involves. The role and the mechanisms by which religiosity and
spirituality act in combating chronic pain were the object of a literature survey in Medline database. Religiosity is characterized as the
first or the second strategy used against pain. Religious and spiritual individuals present a reduction of pain complaints, of the concentration
of ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) and serous cortisol, a reduction of systolic arterial pressure, and cardiac and respiratory
frequency. Religious activities produce an increase of the activation of prefrontal cortex, causing a higher efficiency and interactivity of
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system. The increase of pain mediators involved also occurs: GABA, serotonin and dopamine. Spiritual
individuals face pain better, especially chronic pain, due to physiological and neural alterations coming from their beliefs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-becb7ddcbf0a4b879370dffd1b824bea2025-08-20T03:29:57ZengCentro Universitário São CamiloO Mundo da Saúde0104-78091980-39902010-10-01344483487522Spirituality and religiosity in combating painCamilla Domingues do Lago – Rizzardi0Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira1Silvia Regina Dowgan Tesseroli de Siqueira2Fisioterapeuta do Centro de Reabilitação do Hospital Albert Einstein e estagiária do Centro Interdisciplinar de dor do Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina de São PauloProfessor Titular de Neurocirurgia, Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo.Professora Doutora da Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo.The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, peculiar, specific and non transferable associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Pain, especially when chronic, affects all areas of life of individuals, being thus physical, psychic, and social. Amongst the forms for combating pain, religiosity and spirituality has proved to be important for sick people, and are related to the reduction of stress pain involves. The role and the mechanisms by which religiosity and spirituality act in combating chronic pain were the object of a literature survey in Medline database. Religiosity is characterized as the first or the second strategy used against pain. Religious and spiritual individuals present a reduction of pain complaints, of the concentration of ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) and serous cortisol, a reduction of systolic arterial pressure, and cardiac and respiratory frequency. Religious activities produce an increase of the activation of prefrontal cortex, causing a higher efficiency and interactivity of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system. The increase of pain mediators involved also occurs: GABA, serotonin and dopamine. Spiritual individuals face pain better, especially chronic pain, due to physiological and neural alterations coming from their beliefs.https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/591religiosity. spirituality. chronic pain. |
| spellingShingle | Camilla Domingues do Lago – Rizzardi Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira Silvia Regina Dowgan Tesseroli de Siqueira Spirituality and religiosity in combating pain O Mundo da Saúde religiosity. spirituality. chronic pain. |
| title | Spirituality and religiosity in combating pain |
| title_full | Spirituality and religiosity in combating pain |
| title_fullStr | Spirituality and religiosity in combating pain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spirituality and religiosity in combating pain |
| title_short | Spirituality and religiosity in combating pain |
| title_sort | spirituality and religiosity in combating pain |
| topic | religiosity. spirituality. chronic pain. |
| url | https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/591 |
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