Pain Flashcards
1
Q
What is pain?
A
An unpleasent sensory & emotional experience associated with actual potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage
2
Q
What is acute pain? Period of time
A
Short term pain
>12 weeks
3
Q
What is chronic pain?
A
Continuous long term pain
<12 weeks
4
Q
What are nociceptors?
A
Sense pain
Externally - skin & cornea
Internally - joints and muscle
5
Q
What is nociceptive pain?
A
Pain that arises from actual or threatened damage to non- neuronal tissue and is due to the activation of nociceptors
6
Q
What is neuropathic pain?
A
Pain initiated or caused by a primary lesion/dysfunction of the nervous system e.g. due to spinal nerve root compression
