Preterm Infants and Preterm Toddlers - The Challenges of Pain

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pain is really hard to s and hard to treat in any one, even adults. For babies, in the niku, the challenges are even greater. This is a story about those challenges. It's about how you figure out if an infant is even in pain, and whether or not it’s possible to treat it.

Doctors can save the lives of premature infants, but the process is often painful. Luckily, a solution might be as simple as a parent’s loving touch.

This is the second episode of our new six-part series, Making Sense.

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