Pain

Question 1

What is Somatic pain?

Answer 1

Localised pain that can be found from muscle, skin or joint and is caused by activation of nociceptors in surface tissue

Question 2

List the 4 types of pain.

Answer 2

• acute pain
• Chronic pain
• somatic pain
• Neuropathic pain

Question 3

What is visceral pain?

Answer 3

Visceral pain is caused by the activation nociceptors in the viscera. This can be due to onfection, compression or tumours

Question 4

What is Neuropathic pain?

Answer 4

Pain that arises from nerve injury or pathology.

Question 5

What is Chronic pain?

Answer 5

Chronic pain is consistently referred to as ‘persistent pain’. Generally pain that has persisted for more than 3 months despite medical intervention.

Question 6

What is Acute pain?

Answer 6

Acute pain is the simple relationship to tissue damage and nociception.

Question 7

What is the goal of pain management?

Answer 7

The goal is to implement pain management with the least amount of potency of medication, and the highest level of patient consciousness.