Pain

Question 1

Neuropathic pain

Answer 1

pain arising as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory system

Question 2

Neuropathic pain - Paresthesia

Answer 2

PAINLESS, abnormal sensation

Question 3

Neuropathic pain - Dysesthesia

Answer 3

• UNPLESANT sensation

- burning or shooting pain

Question 4

Neuropathic pain - Allodynia

Answer 4

pain is felt with a stimulus that normally wouldn’t cause pain

Question 5

Neuropathic pain - Hyperalgesia

Answer 5

pain is felt with a stimulus that would elicit a low amount of pain

Question 6

Nociceptive pain

Answer 6

• caused by an injury that stimulates pain receptors

- FUNCTIONAL - response to an injury or possible injury

Question 7

Pain matrix dysfunction

Answer 7

• top-down regulation of pain is distributed when this matrix malfunctions
• reduced antinociception and/or decreased pronociception increase pain

Question 8

What are the 4 types of pain matrix dysfunctions?

Answer 8

• fibromyalgia
• episodic tension-type headache
• migraine
• chronic whiplash

Question 9

Complex regional pain syndrome

Answer 9

• involves the somatosensory, autonomic, and motor systems

- allodynia and hyperalgesia can develop

Question 10

Compartment syndrome

Answer 10

pressures within the muscle builds up to painful levels and decreases blood flow

Question 11

Chronic low back pain

Answer 11

abnormal pain processing which the neurons are pathologically active

Question 12

Examples of Neuropathic Pain (2)

Answer 12

• nerve entrapment and compression

- phantom limb pain

Question 13

Examples of Neuropathic Pain: Central Pain (3)

Answer 13

• MS
• SCI
• stroke

Question 14

Examples of Neuropathic Pain: Small Fiber Neuropathy (3)

Answer 14

• diabetic neuropathy
• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• post-herpetic pain