Dealing with the symptoms of any painful or serious illness is difficult.

However, special care is available to make you more comfortable right now.
It’s called palliative care.

Palliative care provides an extra layer of support for people

living with serious illness, and it can be brought in from the
point of diagnosis. In fact, the earlier palliative care is
brought in, the better. It is not dependent on prognosis, so
unlike hospice care, palliative care can be provided along with
curative treatment. Receiving palliative care simply means
that you want an extra layer of support to help improve your
quality of life. Palliative care is about living with a serious
illness.

Palliative care is available for both children and adults with

serious illness, regardless of age or stage of illness. You don’t
have to be elderly to receive palliative care; you just have to
want to live better with serious illness. 2019, Center to
Advance Palliative Care.