PAIN

Question 1

Neuropathic pain

Answer 1

Neuropathic- caused by leisons or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. Result from injury to peripheral and central nervous system that causes permanent changes in circuit sensitivity and CNS connections.

Question 2

Nociceptive pain

Answer 2

Pain that arises from actual or threatened damage to non-neural stimulus and is due to the activation of nociceptors. This can be activated through specific receptors and/or ion channels on peripheral nociceptors.

Question 3

Inflammatory pain

Answer 3

Pain driven by inflammatory mediators that directly activating peripheral nociceptors and produce pain- others produce changes in sensitivity to peripheral nociceptors.

Question 4

What are some examples of noxious stimuli

Answer 4

Heat, chemicals, mechanical stimuli and cold stimuli. Causing permanent changes in circuit circuitary Altering their sensitivity to pain.