Lecture 1 Flashcards
Intro + Pain Assessment
What is the purpose of pain ?
Protective function
Alerts a problem, prevents further surgery and facilitates healing
What is the pain pathway ?
- transduction
- transmission
- modulation
- perception
What are the different type of pain ?
ACUTE
CHRONIC :
Nociceptive pain
Inflammatory
Dysfunctional
Neuropathic
What is the main difference betwen acute and chronic pain ?
Acute : limited, identifiable, physiological
Chronic : lasting, no clear reason, pathological
What is the main treatment goal for chronic pain ?
functionality ( not curing)
What is the definition for pain ?
sensory and emotional experience of the actual damage to the tissue
What is congenital Insensitivity to pain ?
There is a lack of emotional response to pain and can lead to trauma and injuries
What is allodynia ?
pain to a stimulus that is not supposed to cause pain
What is Dysesthesia ?
unpleasant abnormal sensation
what is paresthesia ?
abnormal sensation (not unpleasant )
What is sensitization ?
lowering the pain threshold
What is the main difference between causal and associative hypothesis ?
Causal = 1 causes this
Associative = there are multiple factors to pain
What are the key things about the nociceptive
Protective
No injuries to the CNS or inflammation
What are the key things about inflammatory pain ?
Sensory amplifications ( low or high stimuli)
Inflammation
adaptive and reversible
What are the key things about dysfunctional pain ?
No lesion in the CNS or inflammation
Amplification at any point in the pathway
maladaptive
lost its function
