Week 4 - Pain + Awareness Flashcards
1
Q
What is pain? (2)
A
- an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage
- it is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever they say it does
2
Q
Pain web map and interrelated concepts
A
3
Q
What are the impacts of pain to an individual? (6)
A
- physical
- psychological
- emotional
- social
- spiritual
and financial consequences
4
Q
What does unrelieved pain cause for families? (3)
A
- slows recovery
- creates burden for family
- increases cost to the system
5
Q
What is pain the leading cause of? (3)
A
- most common reason people seek health care
- chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability
major cause of absenteeism, underemployment, and unemployment
6
Q
Will the number of people who need treatment for pain rise as the population ages?
A
yes
7
Q
What is pain on a pathological note? (3)
A
- normal physiological response to tissue injury
- symptom of pathology associated with a disease process
- result of an alteration of the somatosensory system
8
Q
Pain is ____.
A
protective
9
Q
Why is pain often referred to as the 6th vital sign?
A
- it tells us that something is wrong
10
Q
What are the 4 neurological processes that pain is felt?
A
- Transduction
- Transmission
- Perception
- Modulation
11
Q
What occurs in transduction? (2)
A
- noxious stimuli cause cell damage with the release of sensitizing chemicals
- these substances activate nociceptors and lead to generation of action potential
12
Q
Which sensitizing chemicals are released in transduction? (5)
A
- Prostaglandins
- Bradykinin
- Serotonin
- Substance P
- Histamine
13
Q
What occurs in transmission? (4)
A
- Action potential continues from:
1. site of injury to spinal cord
2. spinal cord to brain stem and thalamus
3. Thalamus to cortez for processing
14
Q
What are the 2 types of fibers? are they fast or slow? Why?
A
A fibers - fast bc myelinated
B fibers - slow, burning transmission bc unmyelinated
15
Q
What occurs in perception?
A
- conscious experience of pain
ie. I understand this stimulus is painful
