Types of pain

Question 1

What are the characteristics of neuropathic pain?

Answer 1

• Burning
• Shooting
• Tingling
• Jagging
• Altered sensation (especially hypersensitivity and allodynia)
• Dermatomal distribution

Question 2

What are the characteristics of increased ICP?

Answer 2

Headache associated with nausea, worse on lying down, especially in the mornings

Question 3

What are the characteristics of bone pain?

Answer 3

Pain worse on weight bearing or stressing/pressure on the bone

Question 4

What are the characteristics of intestinal colic?

Answer 4

Crampy, intermittent pain occurring regularly every few minutes. Occasionally pain is continuous

Question 5

What are the characteristics of liver pain?

Answer 5

• Hepatomegaly
• Right upper quadrant tenderness

Question 6

What are the characteristics of episodic/incident pain?

Answer 6

Sudden onset pain occurring spontaneously or with movement. Can be severe but may be very short lived

Question 7

What are the characteristics of pain due to muscular spasms?

Answer 7

Pain in a particular muscle, tenderness over trigger point(s)