Pain

Question 1

What is chronic pain?

Answer 1

-Pain lasting for at least 3 months
-this can cause hopelessness, depression, and sleep problems, disabling preventing normal daily activities

Question 2

What is nociception? What are the 3 stages?

Answer 2

-The process by which pain is processed within the body

1. trasnduction= detection of the painful simtuli by specialised sensory nerve endings
2. transmission= information is transmitted to the brain by specialised nerve pathways
3. interpretation= perception of the pain by the brain

Question 3

How is chronic pain and stress related?

Answer 3

-chronic pain can increase stress as it makes it hard to sleep, which can make pain worse.
-stress can also increase the risk of developing chronic musculoskeletal pain