Pain Flashcards
Define pain.
An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.
Define acute pain.
Pain that is primarily a symptom of a pathological process/injury; usually lasts < 3 months; treatment will eliminate acute pain symptoms
What percentage of patients ex[erience a change in acute to chronic pain.
20%
Define adaptive pain.
A positive form of pain that contributes to survival, promotes healing, and protects from injury.
Define chronic pain.
Pain that lasts beyond the ordinary duration of time that an insult or injury to the body needs to heal; lasts > 3-6 months
Define maladaptive pain.
A negative form of pain that results in disease and a pathologic functioning of the nervous system
What percentage of visits to primary care physicians were prompted by symptoms for which NO biomedical cause can be identified?
30-50%
What percentage of patients with chronic back pain had no physical basis for pain?
80%
Define Complex regional pain syndrome.
A chronic pain syndrome most often affecting 1 limb, usually after trauma or injury to that limb as a result of peripheral or nerve system damage; very uncommon
Define Fibromyalgia.
A disease of unknown etiology that causes muscle pain
In a 1999 study of 1800 people, what percentage experienced chronic pain?
50.4%
Chronic pain has a prevalence of _______ in children/adolescents, with ______ describing severe, frequent pain.
15 - 30%; 8%
Difference between Nociceptive and Neuropathic pain.
Nociceptive - Pain due to stimulation of nerve fibers
Neuropathic - Pain due to injury to nerves themselves
Difference between somative and visceral pain.
Somative - pain due to injury of a bone or tissue
Visceral - ill-defined pain that comes from the internal organs; difficult to describe
Describe active coping strategies.
1) Despite pain efforts to function
2) Despite pain efforts to distract oneself
