Pain Flashcards
Symptoms of headaches
tension headache so ring at the back of the head or maybe the front
Red flags of headaches
Ongoing severe pain more than 4 hours, sudden onset, following major trauma, severe eye pain, treatment failure, cluster headaches (at the eye, will have runny eye and nose) migraine happening first time under 50 years, photophobia, nausea and vomiting, stiff neck, visual disturbances, under 12, persistence
Symptoms of activity/sports related injury
sprain/strain
Red flags of activity/sports related injury
severe pain and swelling, unable to bear weight, bone or joint physically out of place, old injury that hurts, joints feel abnormal, head injury, fever, numbness, treatment failure
Symptoms of lower back pain
Strain due to bad posture/lifting, pregnancy
Red flags of lower back pain
Fever, treatment failure, numbness, pain radiating down one or both legs, weakness in the legs, weight loss, worse at rest and better after exercise, new pain under 20 years or over 50 years, pain following major trauma
Symptoms of migraines
Blurred vision, photophobia, pain only on one half of the head, nausea and vomiting, blind spots, aura, throbbing, worse on movement, mild-moderate pain, worse on movement,