Pain

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  • Created by: AmberJ1
  • Created on: 29-04-17 15:43
How can pain be classified?
an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potenial tissue damage
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Acute pain
mild pain and only lasts for a short period of time
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chronic pain
pain that lasts a long period of time
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True or false, acute pain can lead into chronic pain
True
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True or false, pain doesn't have co-morbidites
False
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whats the average quality of life score
0.4
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whats neuropathic pain?
burning,stinging, sharp pain
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whats nocicptive pain?
crushing, throbbing, stiffening or aching pain
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whats visceral pain?
dull, widespread pain
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why do we need pain?
natural protective response, acts as a warning sign
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Impact of acute pain?
fatigue, respiratory ventilation, hypertension, urinary retention, constipation, anxiety
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what are the 4 pain mechanisms?
transduction, transmission, perception & modulation
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What are nocioceptors?
located in dermal layer, CHEMORECEPTORS: sensitive to chemicals from damaged cells and MECHANORECEPTORS: encapsulated and detect mechanical deformation
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Fibre: a beta
fastest, orginate in skin, general sensations to touch
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fibre: a delta
fast, orginate in thalamus, instant, sharp and localised pain
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fibre: C
slow, wide area in brain stem, dull, aching and burning pain
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what are the main neurotransmitters in the dorsal horn?
noradrenaline, 5HT, GABA, glycine, glutamate
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mild pain and only lasts for a short period of time

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Acute pain

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pain that lasts a long period of time

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True

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False

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