Pain and Nociception Flashcards
1
Q
What is pain
A
- personal experience
- pain is not nociception
- learn concept of pain through life
- respect pts reports of pain
- effects on function
- inability to communicate does not negate presence
2
Q
What is nociception
A
Neural process of noxious stimulus being transduced and encoded by nociceptors
3
Q
Pain v Nociception
A
Pain = feeling > Nociception = activity in response to stimuli
Pain = felt somewhere > Nociception = occurs somewhere/not felt
4
Q
Acute v chronic pain
A
Acute > disappears when underlying cause treated
Chronic > lasts longer than 3 months and persists after healing time
5
Q
Chronic PRIMARY pain
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