Lecture 18- Pain Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 3 types of pain and their definitions?
A
- Nociceptive- damage to body tissue
- Neuropathic- lesion or disease/damage of nervous system
- Central sensitization (CS)- presence of pain without anatomical reason
2
Q
What is dysesthesia?
A
- unpleasent abnormal sensation
- can be evoked or spontaneous
3
Q
What are the 2 types of dysethesia and their definitions?
A
- Allodynia- pain evokes by stimulus that is not usually noxious
- Hyperalgesia- excessive sensitivity to stimuli that are normally mildly painful
4
Q
T/F
When part of your body is injured, special pain receptors convey the pain messages to your brain
A
FALSE
