Lecture 9 Flashcards
what is a disease
a medical condition with a specific cause or causes and record and recognizable signs and symptons
what is a syndrome
a collection of signs and symptoms and medical problems that tend to occur together but are not re;ated to a specific identifiable cause
what are the three types of clinical pain
-acute pain
-cancer pain
-chronic non cancer pain
types of acute pain
emergency room
post op
types of non cancer pain
-inflammatory
-neuropathic
idiopathic/functional
-headache
true or false: presurgical analgesia makes things better
false it does not make it work
chronic postsurgical pain: most common chronic pain
-amputation 50-85%
-cardiac surgery 30-55%
-thoracotomy 5-65%
acronym of chronic postsurgical pain
cpsp
cpsp: cosmetic surgery
21-50%
cpsp; breast augmentation
13%
cpsp; vasectomy
15%
what are the two types of acute to chronic pain transitioning
-you have acute pain and then there is a transition period in which you can either have pathological pain or resolved
-or you have your post op pain , and then there is chronic pain that kinda starts and the post op pain resolves and then the chronic pain goes up
what is CIPN? and what prevalence
-chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy
-30-40% of all patients get that
what is in a normal joint
-synovial membrane that protects the joint
-the synovial fluid that is between the joints
-joint capsule that is on the outside of the joint
osteoarthritis is caused by?
thinned cartilage which means the bones rub together
what is rheumatoid arthritis
-autoimmune disease
-caused by swollen inflamed synovial membrane
-causes bone erosion
what is the type of rheumatoid arthritis treatment
monoclonal antibodies
the monoclonal antibodies for rheumatoid arthritis all block…
tnf alpha
what are the most popular meds for rheumatoid arthritis
-infliximab aka remicade
-adalimumab aka humira
-etanercept aka enbrel
causes of chronic neuropathic pain
-nerve trauma (stump pain, phantom pain and bone fracture)
-iatrogenic nerve injury aka caused by medical treatment
-nerve compression due to entrapment ex: carpal tunnel
-nerve compression by tumor ex: many cancer pains
-metabolic/ nutritional/ischemic ex: diabetic neuropathy and sickle cell anemia
-more mpreeeeeeee
what is the difference between nociceptive and neuropathic pain
-neuropathic is injury to the nerves/nervous system
-nociceptive is the damage to like the surrounding neurons
true or false: hypersensitivity is common for nociceptive pain
false it is pretty uncommon except for hypersensitivity in the immediate area of an acute injury
steps of diabetic peripheral neuropathy
-health issue
-capillary damage
-nerve damage and loss of sensation in extremities
-injury dye to loss of sensations
-loss of sensation and circulation problems result in increased risk of infection, ulcers and gangrene
true or false: shingles are caused by a complication of chicken pox
rtiue
it is the virus that stays there in the drg and stays dormant in where it og got there
what can cause post herpetic neural gia
shingles
what are the most common causes for phantom limb pain
-type 2 diabetes: 53.2%
-perifery arterial disease : 18.3%
which is more common and more severe; upper limb or lower limb phantom limb pain
upper limb at 94%
phantom limb symptoms
pain
itch, vibration, temperature
movement
size, shape, position
rings on their finger
referred phantom sensation
what is referred phantom sensation
like face touching felt in phantom limb
what is telescoping
phantom limb retracting in their bodies fist clenched and it hurts
what are the 2 causes of phantom limb pain
central and periferal changes