Pain Flashcards
How does the CNS and PNS process pain stimuli?
Nociceptors activate pathways and person feels pain
What psychological factors lead to patient experiencing pain?
Mood, catastrophizing, stress, coping
Disease severity, nociception, inflammation, and brain function are ______ factors that lead to patient experiencing pain.
Biological
Social environment, economic factors, social support and culture are _________ factors that lead to a patient experiencing pain.
Social
Stimulus that causes patient to sense pan is called the _______
Pain threshold
The amount of stimulus a patient is willing to accept is called ________
Pain tolerance
A sudden or slow onset of any intensity; constant a recurring lasting longer than 6 months is ______ pain
Chronic pain
Arthritis, back pain, and headaches are examples of which type of pain
Chronic pain
Nerve pain arising from somatosensory system; described as intense, shooting or burning “pins and needles”, intense itching is _______ pain.
Neuropathic pain
Diabetic neuropathy, phantom limb pain, and pain associated with spinal cord injury are all examples of which type of pain.
Neuropathic pain
Pain that is felt in the tissue, an organ, joints, muscles, skin, bones, damaged part of body; localized and described as throbbing or aching is ________ pain.
Nociceptive pain
A sudden or slow onset of any intensity and anticipated or predictable end; lasts less than 6 months is ______ pain.
Acute pain
Tissue damaged caused by trauma or injury, incisional pain from surgery, pain from environmental factors (heat/cold) are all examples of which type of pain?
Acute pain
Involved tumor pain, bone paint and treatment-associated pains such as chronic post-surgical pain, radiation induced pain and neuropathies related to chemotherapy is ______ pain
Cancer pain
Subjective indicators of pain are…
Pain scale and descriptors (categorization of pain, location, length of time of pain, what relieves pain, how it radiates)
