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PA: Pain

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What are the best predictors of chronic pain?   Level of happiness at home Level of happiness at work  
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What are the 4 sources of pain?   Peripheral nociceptive Peripheral neurogenic Central Pain Symathetic Nervous System  
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What is peripheral nociceptive pain?   Pain transmitted via A delta and C fibers to dorsal horn and brain  
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What is peripheral neurogenic pain?   Injury to peripheral nervous system or to a nerve  
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What is central pain?   Creates abnormal pain states  
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What is allodynia?   Pain prevoked by stimulus that doesn't typically cause pain  
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What is hyperalgesia?   Hightened response to pain  
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What is chronic pain?   Pain lasting longer than 6 months  
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What type of pain falls under sympathetic nervous system?   Complex Regional Pain Syndrome  
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What did CRPD used to be called?   Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome  
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What is Type I CRPD?   ANYTHING touching them hurts (putting on jeans)  
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What are s/s of chronic pain?   Depressed, can't sleep, fatigued  
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What is Type II CRPD?   Peripheral nerve distribution  
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Which type of fibers are faster and larger?   A delta fibers (they are mylenated)  
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Primarily what kind of nociceptors are A delta fibers?   Mechanical nocicetors  
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What type of sensation would you feel with A delta fibers?   Sharp, pricking sensation for a short duration  
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What type of fibers make up the majority of nociceptors?   C fibers  
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What are C fibers sensitive to?   VERY intense mechanical and temperature  
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What are the 4 types of mechanoreceptors?   Meissner's Corpuscles Pacinian corpuscles Merkel's Discs Ruffini Ending  
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What are meissner's corpuscles sensitive to?   Light touch (unmyelinated)  
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What are pacinian corpuscles sensitive to?   Deep pressure, vibration  
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What are Merkel's discs sensitive to?   Pressure and texture  
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What are ruffini endings sensitive to?   Constant pressure  
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What are krause's end bulbs sensitive to?   Cold temperatures  
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Afferent messages enter the spine via what?   The dorsal portion of the spinal nerve  
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Two point discrimination and proprioception enter via what?   Medial portion of the dorsal root  
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Nociception enters through what?   Lateral portion of the dorsal root  
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What are the 4 parks of the spinothalamic tract?   Discriminative pain Temperature Crude touch Pressure  
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What does discriminative pain tell you?   Type and location of pain  
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What is the primary nociceptive pathway?   Discriminative pain  
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What is the spinothalamic tract part of?   The anterolateral system  
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What two parts of the spinothalamic tract come off the lateral portion of the anterolateral system?   Discriminative pain Temperature  
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What two parts of the spinothalamic tract come off the anterior portion of the anterolateral system?   Crude touch Pressure  
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