Ch 35 Comfort

Question 0

Addiction

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A pattern of compulsive use of additive substances for means other than those prescribed

Question 1

Acute Pain

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Episode of pain that lasts from seconds to less than 6months

Question 2

Adjuvant

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Drugs typically used for other purposes, but also used to enhance the effect of opioids by providing additional pain relief

Question 3

Analgesic

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Pharmaceutical agent used to relieve pain

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Breakthrough Pain

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Temporary flare up of moderate to severe pain that occurs even when the patient is taking around-the-clock medication for persistent pain

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Chronic Pain

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Episode of pain that lasts for 6 months or longer; may be intermittent

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Cutaneous Pain

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Superficial pain is usually involving the skin or subcutaneous tissue

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Dynorphin

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The endorphin having the most potent analgesic effect

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Endorphins

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Morphine-like substances released by the body that appear to alter the perception of pain

Question 9

Enkephalins

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Opioids that are widespread throughout the brain and dorsal horn of the spinal cord and are believed to reduce pain sensation by inhibiting the release of substance P

Question 10

Exacerbation

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Period in chronic illness when the symptoms of the disease reappear

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Gate Control Theory

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Theory that explains that excitatory pain stimuli carried by small-diameter nerve fibers can be blocked by inhibiting signals carried by large-diameter nerve fibers

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Intractable

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Servere pain that is extremely resistant to relief measure

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Modulation

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Process by which the sensation of pain is inhibited or modified

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Neuromodulators

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Endogenous opioid chemical regulators that appear to have analgesic activity and alter pain perception

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Neuropathic Pain

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Pain that results from an injury to or abnormal functioning of peripheral nerves or the central Nervous system

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Neurotransmitters

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Substances that either excite or inhibit target nerve cells

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Nocieptors

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Pain Receptors

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Opioid

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More correct term for narcotic analgesics, since these drugs act by binding to opiate receptor sites in the central nervous system

Question 19

Pain threshold

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Amount of stimulation required before a person experiences the sensation of pain

Question 20

Pain Tolerance

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Point beyond which a person no longer willing to endure pain

Question 21

Disturbed sensory perception

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A state in which the individual or group experiences or is at risk for change in the amount, pattern, or interpretation of incoming stimuli

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Phantom Pain

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Sensation of pain without demonstrable physiologic or pathological substances; commonly observed after amputation of a limb

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Physical Dependence

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Phenomenon in which the body physiologically becomes accustomed to an opioid and suffers withdrawal symptoms of the opioid is suddenly removed or the dose is rapidly decreased

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Placebo

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Latin word meaning “I Shall please”; an inactive substance that gives satisfaction to the person using it

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Psychogenic Pain

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Pain for which no physical cause can be identified

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Referred pain

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Pain in an area removed from that in which stimulation has it origin

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Remission

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Period in a chronic illness when the disease is present, but the person does not experience symptoms of the disease

Question 28

Somatic Pain

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Pain originating in structures in the body’s external wall

Question 29

Tolerance

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Tendency of the body to become accustomed to a drug overtime; larger doses are required to produce the desired effects

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Transduction

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Activation of pain receptors

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Transmission

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Conduction of pain sensations from the site of an injury or inflation along clear and unclear pathways to the spinal cord and then on to higher centers

Question 32

Visceral Pain

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Pain originating in the internal organs in the thorax, cranium, or abdomen