Pain

Question 1

Pain Thershold

Answer 1

When stim is percieved as painful

Question 2

Pain Tolerance

Answer 2

amount of pain u can stand

Question 3

Noceciption

Answer 3

activation of pain fibers

Question 4

Noceiptors

Answer 4

respond to pain stim

Question 5

Perceptual Dominance

Answer 5

Pain felt in more than 1 location (can be more painful certain areas than others)

Question 6

General Somatic Afferent Neurons

Answer 6

receptors throughout body that sense pain (basic touch)

Question 7

Special Somatic Afferent Neurons

Answer 7

sense/position movements (muscle, joints, tendons)

Question 8

General Visceral Afferent Neurons

Answer 8

fullness/discomfort (internal organs)

Question 9

Pain Transmission

Answer 9

1st order neuron: pain stim is transported to spinal cord
2nd order neuron: stim is transported to thalamus (vague idea of what happened)
3rd order: pain is transported from tha to somatosensory cortex (know exactly what happen and respond to pain)

Question 10

Gate Theory

Answer 10

1. Small fibers go through gate: pain is transmitted
2. Large fibers don’t cross, sensation is percieved as less painful

Question 11

Cutaneous Pain

Answer 11

superficial somatic (sharp/buring) on skin surface

Question 12

Deep Somatic

Answer 12

deep body structures (achy) joints, muscles due to pressure injury

Question 13

Visceral

Answer 13

internal organs: vague, not localized, squeezing -> vomit, nausea, pallor

Question 14

Referred Pain

Answer 14

percieved @ different site than orgin bc of connecting nerves that confuse the brain

Question 15

Neuropathic

Answer 15

lesions that injure peripheral receptors or nerves, spontaneous pain(shooting, burning, pins and needles)

Question 16

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Answer 16

pain in face

Question 17

CRPS

Answer 17

inflammation due to fracture/casts

Question 18

Cancer

Answer 18

pain that’s acute or chronic

Question 19

Acute Pain

Answer 19

injuries, trauma, disease (sharp/cutting to tissue damage) abnormal vitals due to body not knowing how to respond

Question 20

Chronic Pain

Answer 20

physilogic, occurs w/ or w/out tissue damage,
-no vital changes (body knows how to respond),
-behavior changes: low app, depression, sleeping trouble

Question 21

Effects of Unrelieved Pain

Answer 21

1. endocrine hormone issues
2. metaboic
3. cardivascular: high HR
4. Res: low res
5. Urine: low or retention
6. Gastro: low bowel
7. Muscle fatigue
8. poor Cognition
9. Depressed immune response
10. Future pain
11. Behavior changes (devlop)
12. poor quality of life

Question 22

Pain in Elderly

Answer 22

1. high costs
2. low activty
3. risk for falls
4. impaired appetipte
5. difficuly sleeping
6. low cog function

Question 23

Asess pain

Answer 23

-dermatones: numbess, pain, tingling, loss of sense, rash

Question 24

Treat Pain w/

Answer 24

1. Heating Pad: vasodilat, high blood flow, low swelling
2. Cold therapy: lowers blood flow and swelling
3. distract/relax
4. accupuncture, biofeedback
5. TENS.neurostim