Pain Flashcards
(36 cards)
What is pain
Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage
Pain can either be
Physiological
Psychological
Or both
True or false
pain is the main reason people seek treatment
True
True or false
injury may occur without pain
True
True or false
pain may occur without injury
True
What is threshold
The minimum intensity of a stimulus that is perceived as painful
True or false
the threshold can increase or decrease depending on the emotional status of the patient
True
What is tolerance
The maximum intensity of a pain producing stimulus that a subject is willing to accept in a given situation
True or false
threshold and tolerance differ from person to person
True
Difference between acute vs chronic pain
Pain categories
What is nociceptor
High threshold sensory receptors of peripheral somatosensory nervous system that are capable of transducing and encoding noxious stimuli
 where are somatic Nociceptors located
Skin, muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones
Where are visceral nociceptors located
viscera and organs
True or false
both somatic and visceral nociceptors share the same pathways to the brain
True
Some organs are not sensitive to pain, meaning they lack…
Visceral nociceptors
What organs are not sensitive to pain
KLL
Kidney, liver, lungs
Neuropathic pain
Lesion of a disease of the somatosensory nervous system
What is allodynia and what is hyperalgesia
Allodynia :
- pain due to a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain
Hyperalgesia:
-Increase in pain from a stimulus that normally provoke pain
Neuropathic pain can be either _____________ or ___________
Peripheral or central
What is psychogenic pain
Non-organic psychological pain that is complex and associated with emotional, cognitive, behavioral responses
Types of headache
What is carcinogenic pain
Cancer related pain; whether the cancer is malignant or not
Very severe 
How can carcinogenic pain be treated
Managed with powerful pharmacological narcotics

