Effective needle pain relief can be
easy, quick, and inexpensive.
For a child, distress is complicated. Needle pain relief is impacted by fear from previous experience or from their
parents' nervousness, attention to the needle procedure, and actual pain. All these factors contribute to the distress
of "I HATE NEEDLES."
Needle pain research has exploded in the past decade, but new products and use of this research are still lagging behind.
Current methods to decrease actual needle pain include
confusing the nerves
or blocking the nerve pain signal using
numbing creams.
Visually or mentally
distracting
a child actually decreases firing of pain receptors in the brain as well.
Research has shown that about 50% of a child's distress can be predicted by how parents deal with the painful procedure.
Certain parenting styles and statements can help or hurt, and are easy to practice.
Buzzy™ Works for Needle Pain Relief
Buzzy™
works by combining distraction with directly confusing the nerves. This safe, reusable immediately-acting,
battery powered device can be brought with you to your doctor's office for natural pain relief.
Buzzy™ has also been proven effective for IV starts in children ages 4+.
Click here
if you'd like some other techniques that can help with IV pain if you don't have a Buzzy with you.
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