FEU Health Sciences: Pain and Surgery Module
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What is the definition of pain threshold?

  • The level at which someone experiences pain. (correct)
  • The stimuli that triggers the pain perception response and intensity.
  • The maximum intensity or duration of pain an individual is willing to endure once threshold has been reached.
  • The actual feeling that a particular client shows in pain and the view of the health care professional, also governed by cultural values.

    • Which factor decreases pain tolerance?

  • Alcohol consumption
  • Warmth and distracting activities
  • Repeated exposure to pain (correct)
  • Medication and hypnosis

    • What is the most common type of pain caused by injury to skin, muscles, bone, joint, and connective tissue?

  • Deeper somatic pain
  • Visceral pain
  • Superficial somatic pain (correct)
  • Referred pain

    • Which psychological and physical responses are associated with acute pain?

    <p>Increased blood sugar and nausea</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the characteristics of clients experiencing chronic pain?

    <p>Increased or decreased appetite and weight</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the sensory experience evoked by stimuli that injure or threaten to destroy tissue?

    <p>An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main characteristic of neuropathic pain?

    <p>Described in sensory terms such as sharp, stabbing, and shooting</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do children and elderly perceive earlier than adults regarding pain?

    <p>The consciousness experience of discomfort</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the best approach for managing pain according to American Pain Society?

    <p>A combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main characteristic of psychogenic pain?

    <p>Can be best explained by psychological problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Pain can only be managed through pharmacological means.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Neuropathic pain can be best explained by psychological problems.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Acute pain is commonly described in sensory terms such as dull and aching.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Children and elderly perceive pain later than adults.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The consciousness experience of discomfort is referred to as pain perception.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Pain tolerance is increased by alcohol consumption, medication, and hypnosis.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Referred pain is caused by damage to pain pathways in peripheral nerves or pain processing centers in the brain.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Chronic nonmalignant pain typically lasts for less than 6 months.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Nociceptive pain is caused by potentially harmful stimuli detected by nociceptors (pain receptors) around the body.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Pain threshold is the view of the health care professional, governed by cultural values.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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