Categorization of Pain

Question 1

Neuroplasticity

Answer 1

Adaptability of the response to input

Question 2

In addition to fast and slow pain, what are the two other categories of pain

Answer 2

Physiologic and Pathologic

Question 3

What is physiologic pain

Answer 3

Highly localized, transient

Question 4

What is pathologic pain

Answer 4

With or without stimulus

Question 5

Pain from innocuous (not harmful) stimulus

Answer 5

Allodynia (pathologic pain)

Question 6

Exaggerated response to pain

Answer 6

Hyperalgesia (pathologic pain)

Question 7

Prolonged response to pain

Answer 7

Hyperpathia (pathologic pain)

Question 8

Wind-up phenomenon

Answer 8

CNS sensitized to long impulses, lowering the excitability threshold

Question 9

Wind-up phenomenon can sometimes cause _____________ or ____________

Answer 9

Hyperalgesia and allodynia

Question 10

Pain causes stress. What are the physiologic responses to increased stress from pain 6

Answer 10

1. Increased HR
2. Increased BP
3. Arrythmias
4. Coagulopathies
5. Increased RR
6. Decreased GI activity