pain management Flashcards
What does NOT cause spasms?
Salty foods
Which theory of pain control is used when you attempt to stimulate C fibers (non-pain) to
overtake A fiber (pain) signals to the brain?
Gate control
What pain control theory is used when you do a treatment that is not proven to work
physiologically, but the patient says reduces their pain?
Placebo effect
Which theory of pain control has you exercise to release endorphins?
Endorphins
Which type of pain occurs when a patient feels like an amputated limb is painful even though it
does not exist?
Phantom
Which type of pain occurs when some branches of nerves make contact with non-involved
branches and send pain elsewhere?
Referred
What is step five for how we get pain?
Motor impulse sent to nerves to move in order to
stop harm
What is step four of how we get pain?
Determines what action is needed to end stimulus
What is step three for how we get pain?
Brain interprets and evaluates signals
What is step two for how we get pain?
Pain impulse is sent to the brain
Which is not a component of pain?
Objective
What is step one for how we get pain?
Nociceptors (pain receptors) are activated
Phagocytes
Eat up dead cells and debris
Trauma
Stress incurred by the body that may lead to a wound, injury or condition
Symptoms of Inflammation
Redness, pain, warmth, effusion/edema, lack of
function/immobility
Vasodilation
Increase in the diameter of a blood vessel that results from relaxation of smooth
muscle within the vessel wall. This causes an increase in blood flow.
Hematoma
Formation caused by pooling of blood and fluid within a tissue space
Vasoconstriction
Decrease in the diameter of a blood vessel especially constriction of
arterioles leading to a decreased blood flow to a body part
Effusion
Swelling within the joint cavity
Hypoxia
Lack of an adequate amount of oxygen supply to tissue Edema Tissue swelling caused by increased levels of intracellular fluid
Proliferation Phase
Dispose of dead tissue, mobilize fibroblasts, and restore circulation
Remodeling Phase
Stabilize and re-establish the area
Fibroblast
Forms tissues that support and bind
Platelets
Carry blood clotting materials
Contusion
Injury resulting from a direct blow or force that does not interrupt the skin;
typically bruising is seen
Inflammatory Response Phase
Goal is to stabilize and contain area of injury
Leukocytes
Infection fighting white blood cells
Inflammation
Localized protective process that occurs when tissues are subjected to chemical
or physical trauma; pain, heat, redness, and swelling occur
Ecchymosis
Discoloration/bruising caused by hemorrhage
