6/28 REVIEW Flashcards
pain from a visceral organ that presents elsewhere?
referred pain
ex: heart attack - pt can feel on opposite side of arm
acute sharp pain is what type of fiber?
A-Delta fibers
which cells are primarily responsible for phagocytosis?
macrophages
- monocytes make the macrophages
time frame for the inflammatory phase?
onset - day 6
putting hand on a hot stove would stimulate what tissue receptor?
thermal
interpreting a non-nociceptive stimulus as painful would be best called?
allodynia
- hyperalgesia = pain thats exaggerated
blocking on pain by A beta stimulation of T cell neurons is best called
Gate Theory of pain
- happens at the level of the spinal cord
sciatica is considered what type of pain?
radicular
acute inflammation is normal
TRUE
- important for natural healing process
light touch & thermal sensation intact = what section of SOAP Notes?
objective
- a fact!
what has ani-inflammatory capabilities ?
ibuprofen
- also ; aspirin, naproxen, aleve
- tylenol = only for pain, does not have anti-inflammatory
scar that exceeds the normal border?
keloid scar
- hypertrophic = angry red, raised, but within its border
what is described as the blocking of substance P at the synaptic cleft w/o oligopeptides?
Endogenous Opioid Theory
- delays pain but wears out & original pain is felt
best discription of C-fibers?
slow, unmyelinated
what is it called when neutrophils stack in a line of the arterial walls/blood vessels ?
pavementing