Psychological aspects of pain Flashcards
Pain =
unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage and expressed in terms of such damage
What role might acute pain have?
Protective
Self-limiting pain =
Acute
2 broad types of pain:
Nocicpetive
Neuropathic
Nociceptive pain is associated with =
Actual tissue damage
2 types of nocicpetive pain =
Visceral
Somatic
Somatic pain =
Easily localised and describes
Ex of somatic pain =
Fracture
Visceral pain =
Poorly localised and describes. Associated with activation of nociceptive of organs
How might visceral pain be described?
Aching, dull, burning
Neuropathic pain is associated with
Structural neural damage or abnomral processing
How might neuropathic pain be described?
sharp, stabbing, burning, shooting,
Which kind of pain doesn’t respond well to conventional analgesics?
Neuropathic
Time line: acute pain
< 3 months
Time line: chronic pain
> 3 months
Chronic pain:
> 3 months
unpredicatable, unknown circuitry, difficult to treat, not useful