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Pain Flashcards

1
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Pain

A

-Unpleasant, physical or emotional experience
- somatic sensation

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Fast pain

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Felt within 1 seconds of the stimulus
Sharp

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Slow pain

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Begins after one second or more an increases slowly
Throbbing or aching

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4
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Pain receptors

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Free nerve endings
Widely distributed

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5
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Pain receptor activation

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Mechanical
Thermal
Chemical

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6
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Non-adaptive nature

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Adapt very little

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Hyperlalgesia

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Increased excitation of pain fibers

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Intensity of pain

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Closely related with the rate of tissue damage

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Type 1A Delta fibers

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Gross touch
Fast pain
High heat
Capsaicin insensitive
Precisely localized

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Type 2 A Delta fibers

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Gross touch
Fast pain
Low heat
Capsaicin sensitive
Precisely localized

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C fibers

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Slow pain
Low pH
Heat
Capsaicin sensitive
Not well localized

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Transmission of pain signals through spinal cord and brain

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  1. Neospinalthalamic tract
  2. Paleospinalthalamic tract
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Cordotomy

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Partially cut spinal cord in the thoracic region that interrupts the anterolateral pathway

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Anal Jesus system of the brain and spinal cord

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  • inhibition of incoming pain signals at the cord level
  • enkephalin secreting neurons suppress pain signals in the cord and brain stem
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15
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The brains opiate system

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  • opiate receptors in many areas of the brain
  • endogenous opioids act like exogenous opioids
  • endogenous opioids help control pain
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16
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Endorphins

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  • released by the pituitary gland
  • block pain perception
  • block the release of substance P from opiate receptors
17
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Referred pain

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Pain in one of the visceral organs referred to an area on the body surface
- result of a network of interconnecting sensory nerves

18
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Visceral pain

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Pain from the internal thoracic pelvic or abdominal organs
- vague
- poorly localized

19
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Causes of visceral pain

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Ischemia
Chemical damage
Spasm of smooth muscle
Excess distension
Stretching of connective tissue

20
Q

Hyper algesia

A
  1. Excessive sensitivity of the pain. Receptors
  2. Facilitation of sensory transmission

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