SIgns and Symptoms Flashcards
Aching
Muscle, tendon, ligament
Bounding
Vascular, Circulation
Burning
Nerve root, arterial
Cramp
Muscle
Boring Deep Pain
Cancer, bone pain
Unrelenting Deep Pain
Cancel, Visceral
Dull
Musculoskeletal, Visceral
Gnawing
Ulcer
Radiating (Well Delineated)
Nerve (Causalgia-Burning pain from periph. Nerve)
Sharp/localized
Facet/ Visceral Referred
Stabbing
Visceral
Shooting
Nerve root/ Entrapment
Tearing
Aneurysm or Severe sprain
Throbbing
Vascular/Circulation
Tingling (segmental)
Nerve root, peripheral nerve
Tingling (Non-segmental)
If bilateral: Cord compression, MS, diabetes
If unilateral: Plexus
Dermatogenous pain pattern
Pain along sensory distribution of a nerve root
-Stabbing, sharp, well demarcated
Myogenous Pain pattern
Referral withing muscular or fascial tissue
- Trigger points within the muscle will refer pain to a distant site.
- Myofascial
Scleratogenous pain pattern
Pain referred from somatic structures (cartilage, ligament, joint capsule or bone)
- Typically will not follow dermatome
- Dull, achy, diffuse, difficult to pinpoint.
Referred to right shoulder, inferior scapula
Right Lung, Liver, Gallbladder
Referred to left shoulder
Left lung, stomach, spleen
Referred to Jaw, neck, left shoulder, arm
Heart
Referred to either shoulder
Diaphragm
Referred to flank
Kidney
