Types of pain
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Acute pain | Definition: Pain that lasts during the time of healing |
| Acute pain | There is a known causative factor or etiology |
| Acute pain | it is well localized and defined |
| Acute pain | pain will last as long as the noxious stimuli persists |
| Chronic pain | pain that lasts beyond the time of healing |
| Chronic pain | activation of abnormal neurological responses |
| Chronic pain | pain continues after noxious stimuli ceases |
| Chronic pain | associated with physical, psychological, social dysfunction |
| Referred pain | experience pain in one area with the injury in another area |
| Referred pain | can refer joint to joint |
| Referred pain | can refer from a peripheral nerve to its distal innervation |
| Referred pain | can refer from an organ to outside tissues |
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