NSIADS AND PAIN

Question 1

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF ALLODYNIA

Answer 1

PAIN WHEN PAIN SHOULDNT BE FELY

Question 2

WHAT IS HYPERALGESIA

Answer 2

FEELING MORE PAIN THAN CONSIDERED NORMAL

Question 3

WHAT IS HYPERPATHIA

Answer 3

INCREASED ABNORMAL PAIN

Question 4

WHAT IS DYSAESTHESIA

Answer 4

INCREASED ABNORMAL SENSATIONS

Question 5

WHAT IS CENTRAL SENSITISATIONS

Answer 5

INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS OF NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS IN THE CNS

Question 6

WHAT IS PERIPHERAL SENSITISATION

Answer 6

INCREASED RESPONSIVENESS AND REDUCED THRETHOLD OF NOCICEPTIVE PNS NEURONS

Question 7

WHAT ARE PROSTAGLANDINS

Answer 7

ARE A FAMILY OF INFLAMATORY MEDIATORS

Question 8

WHAT DO NSAIDS DO IN RELATION TO PROSTAGLANDINS

Answer 8

INHIBIT PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS BY INHIBITING THE COX 2 ENZYME PATHWAY/ INFLAMMATORY CASCADE

Question 9

WHAT ARE THE 4 ACTIONS OF NSAIDS

Answer 9

ANTI INFLAMMATORY
ANALGESIC
ANTI-PYRETIC
ANTI PLATELET AGREGATION

Question 10

WHAT IS THE DURATION OF ACTION OF NSAIDS

Answer 10

6-8N HOURS

Question 11

WHAT ARE THE KEY ADVERSE EFFECTS OF NSAIDS

Answer 11

INDIGESTION, STOMACH ULCERS, HA, DROWSINESS, DIZZINESS, ALLERGIC REACTIONS

Question 12

IN WHICH PATIENTS ARE NSAIDS CONTRAINDICATED

Answer 12

THOSE WITH A PREVIOUS REACTION
ARE PREGNANT
PREVIOUS STOMACH BLEEDING OR ULCER HEART KIDNEY OR LIVER FAILURE
UNCONTROLLED BLOOD PRESSURE
CHROHNS OR ULCERATIVE COLLITIS
ASTHMATICS
HAVE CHICKENPOX

Question 13

OPIUM DEFINITION

Answer 13

HEAVILY ADDITIVE DRUG MADE OF THE JUICE OF OPIOID POPPY SEEDS

Question 14

OPIATE DEFINITON

Answer 14

RELATING TO OR CONTAINING OPIUM

Question 15

OPIOID DEFINITON

Answer 15

A COMPOUND CONTAINING OPIUM

Question 16

ENDOGENOUS OPIOID DEFINITION

Answer 16

a class of molecules that are produced in the brain and circulate widely throughout all organ systems

Question 17

NARCOTIC DEFINITION

Answer 17

A DRUG THAT IS CONSUMED ILLEGALLY FOR NON MEDICAL PURPOSES

Question 18

WHAT IS THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF PARACETAMOL

Answer 18

COX INHIBITION, REDUCED PRODTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS
ACTIVATION OF DESCENDING SEROTONOGENIC, OPIOD, NITROC OXIDE AND CANNBINOID PATHWAYS

Question 19

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF PAIN

Answer 19

AN UNPLESANT SENSORY AND EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE ASSOC WITH OR RESEMBLING ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL TISSUE DAMAGE

Question 20

WHAT IS A NOCICEPTOR

Answer 20

PERIPHERAL SENSORY NEURONS THAT DETECT POTENTIALLY DAMAGING STIMULI

Question 21

WHERE ARE EXTERNAL NOCICEPTORS FOUND

Answer 21

TISSUES FOUND EXTERNALLY TO THE BODY, SKIN CORNEAS AND MUCOSAE

Question 22

WHERE ARAE INTERNAL NOCICEPTORS FOUND

Answer 22

VARIOUS ORGANS - MUSCLES JOINTS AND VISCERA

Question 23

ARE NOCECEPTORS MYELINATED

Answer 23

NO (SOMETIMES LIGHTLY THOUGH)

Question 24

WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF NOCICEPTIVE PAIN

Answer 24

SOMATIC AND VISCERAL

Question 25

IS SOMATIC PAIN INTERMITTENT OR CONSTANT

Answer 25

INTERMITTENT

Question 26

IS SOMATIC PAIN SHARPER ON MOVEMENT AND DULL AT REST

Answer 26

YEDS

Question 27

IS SOMATIC PAIN LOCAL OR DIFFUSED

Answer 27

LOCAL

Question 28

IS SOMATIC NOCICEPTIVE PAIN PROPORTIONATE OR DISPROPORTIONATE TO AN INJURY

Answer 28

PROPORTIONATE

Question 29

IS VISCERAL NOCICEPTIVE PAIN LOCAL OR DIFFUSED

Answer 29

DIFFUSED

Question 30

DOES VISCERAL NOCICEPTIVE PAIN EXHIBIT SPATIAL SUMMATION

Answer 30

YES

Question 31

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN

Answer 31

PAIN CAUSED BY A LESION OF THE SOMATOSENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 32

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHIC PAIN

Answer 32

ONE IS A LESION IN CNS AND ONE IN PNS

Question 33

IS NEUROPATHIC PAIN INTERMITTENT OR CONSTANT

Answer 33

CONSTANT

Question 34

DOES NEUROPATHIC PAIN RESPOND WEL TO TYPICAL ANALGESICS

Answer 34

NO

Question 35

IN NEUROPATHIC PAIN EASY OR DIFFICULT TO MANAGE

Answer 35

DIFFICULT

Question 36

DOES NEUROPATHIC PAIN RESPOND WELL TO NEURAL MODULATORS

Answer 36

YES

Question 37

IS NEUROPATHIC PAIN AGGREVATED BY EMOTIONAL, STRESS OR SLEEP RELATED TRIGGERS

Answer 37

YES

Question 38

WHAT ARE THE 6 STAGES OF PAIN PERCEPTION (THE CAT TOLD ME PEOPLE SUCK)

Answer 38

TRANSDUCTION CONDUCTION TRANSMITTION MODULATION PERCEPTION SUPRASPINAL RESPONSES \

Question 39

WHAT IS TRANSDUCTION

Answer 39

NOXIOUS STIMULI ARE CONVERTED INTO ELECTROPHYSICAL SIGNALS

Question 40

WHAT IS CONDUCTION

Answer 40

ACTION POTENTIAL TRAVELS TO DORSAL HORN OF SPINAL CORD

Question 41

WHAT IS TRASMISSION

Answer 41

INFO IS RELAYED TO BRAINSTEM AND THALAMUS VIA SPINAL CORD

Question 42

WHAT IS MODULATION

Answer 42

CAN HAPPEN AT ANY POINT, STOP OR MAGNIFY PAIN SIGNALS (EXCITORY AND INHIBITORY)

Question 43

WHAT IS PERCEPTION

Answer 43

CORTEX PROCESSED MODULATED SIGNALS

Question 44

WHAT IS SUPRASPINAL RESPONSES

Answer 44

CONNECTORS BETWEEN THE THALAMUS AND HIGHER CORTICAL CENTRES CONTROL PERCEPTION AND INTEGRATE AND RESPONSE