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| sensory/discriminative system for pain |
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| processes information about strength, intensity, and temporal and spacial aspects of pain |
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| motivational/affective system for pain |
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| determines individual's approach/avoidance behaviors |
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| cognitive/evaluative system |
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| determines the individual's learned behavior concerning the experience of pain |
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| pain with no physical cause |
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| associated with condition immediately harmful to body |
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| persistent (lasting 6 months) pain |
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| point where stimulus is perceived as pain |
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| duration of time or intensity of pain an individual will endure before initiating overt pain responses |
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| sensory neurons (nociceptors) |
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| found in the muscles, tendons, subcutaneous tissue (Pacinian corpuscles), and epidermis (Meissner corpuscles). Circulatory systems of abdominal, pelvic, and thoracic viscera |
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| conversion of painful stimuli into action potential |
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| movement along neurons to CNS |
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| brain becomes aware of pain signals |
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| Central nervous system (CNS) |
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| involves limbic system, reticular formation, thalamus, hypothalamus, and cortex |
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responsible for modulation or inhibition of afferent pain signals
fibers connect reticular formation, midbrain, and substantia gelantinosa
impulses are then transmitted through spinal cord to the dorsal horn |
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superficial
sharp and well localized or dull, aching, poorly localized |
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pain in internal organs, abdomen or skeleton
poorly localized |
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| pain in area removed or distant from point of origin |
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| physiological responses with acute pain |
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| increased heart rate and respiratory rate, elevated blood pressure, dilated pupils, diaphoresis, increased blood sugar, and decreased blood flow to viscera and skin |
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| psychologic and behavioral response with acute pain |
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| fear, anxiety, sense of uneasiness |
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| may be persistent or intermittent |
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| physiological responses with chronic pain |
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intermittent pain produces response similar to acute
persistent pain allows adaptation |
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| psychologic and behavioral response with chronic pain |
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| depression, difficulty sleeping, preoccupation with the pain |
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characterized by increased sensitivity and decreased pain threshold to tactile and painful stimuli
may be result of chronic irritation of thalamus |
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2nd most common
invovle injury to muscle and fascia
pain result of muscle spasm, tenderness, and stiffness
leads to muscle guarding limiting muscle motion |
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| What's the most common chronic pain? |
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| condition resulting from infection or disease damaging peripheral or cranial nerve |
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causes severe buring pain after injury to the brachial plexus, median nerves, or sciatic nerves
triggered by touch, sound, and cold |
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| reflex sympathetic dystrophies |
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occur after peripheral nerve injury
characterized by continuous severe, burning pain, vasospasms and vasomotor changes |
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loss of ability to identify source of pain on one side of body
associated with stroke
produces anxiety, moaning agitation, and distress |
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pain individual feels in amputated limb
may be influences by emotions and sympathetic stimulation--> trigger points |
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| loss through electromagnetic waves |
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| heat loss through direct contact with cooler air or water |
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| transfer of heat through currents of gases or liquids |
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| diverts core-warmed blood to surface of body |
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| low voluntary muscle activity |
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| sweating may cause loss of 4 L per hour--use electrolytes too |
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| proper dress, slowing activity, stretching out |
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| adaptation of warmer climates |
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adaptation resulting in earlier onset of sweating, increased sweat production, and decreased sodium content
heart rate is decreased and stroke volume increased |
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marked warming of core temperature
can produce nerve damage, coagulation of cell proteins, and death |
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| severe, spasmodic cramps in the abdomen and extremities following prolonged sweating and sodium loss, fever, rapid pulse, elevated BP |
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result of prolonged high core or environmental temperatures
result in excessive losses of salt and fluid from body
weak, dizzy, nauseous, faint |
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a severe, life threatening condition resulting from prolonged exposure to heat
regulatory center may cease to function resulting in stoppage of sweating, irritable, confused, stuporous, comatose
core temp: 105 F |
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potentially lethal complication of inherited muscle disorder
caused by increased calcium release or decreased calcium uptake with muscle contractions
results in increased muscular contractio nand lactic acid production producing acidosis and increased temperature
occurs most in children and young adults after induction with anesthesia |
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marked cooling of core temperature--vasoconstriction, alterations in microcirculation, coagulation and ischemic tissue damage
**ice crystals can form inside cells |
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| result of sudden immersion of cold water or prolonged exposure to cold environment |
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| used to slow metabolism and preserve ischemic tissue during surgery or limb reimplantation |
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| usually produces fever greater than 102 F |
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mild may produce slight elevation in core temperature
moderate to severe result in decreased surface and core temperature |
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results in slight rise in core temperature
triggers peripheral vasoconstriction |
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| produce significant hypothermia |
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somewhat aware of surroundings
feel relaxed and dreamy
may jump or jerk |
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| unaware of surroundings but awaken easily |
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unaware of surroundings but awaken easily
(little bit deeper sleep) |
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| What waves appear in EEG on Non-REM sleep Stage I? |
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| What waves appear in EEG on Non-REM sleep Stage II? |
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| What waves appear in EEG on Non-REM sleep Stage III? |
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deeply asleep
difficult to awaken
exhibit little body movement
decrease in heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure |
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| occurs about every 90 minutes |
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rapid eye movement present
other muscle activity suppressed |
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rapid eye movement present
muscle contraction and movement occur |
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disorders of initiating sleep
inability to fall or stay asleep
may result from pain, discomfort, depression, changes in presleep routine, or excessive REM-suppressant drugs |
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| Disorders of excessive somnolence |
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excessive daytime sleepiness
affects more men than women |
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| involves extremely obesity and hypersomnia associated with periodic breathing |
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| Hypersomnia sleep apnea (HSA) syndrome |
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| result of upper airway obstruction occuring during sleep |
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| sleep walking; disorder of childhood; occurs during stages III and IV |
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| dream anxiety attacks; occur during stage IV; not associated with dream state |
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| bedwetting most frequently occurs during non-REM sleep |
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inflammation of conjunctiva caused by bacteria, viruses, allergies, or chemical irritations
may be classified as acute bacterial, viral, allergic, chronic, or trachoma |
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| infection of cornea by bacteria and viruses |
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| deviation of one eye from the other when person is looking at an object |
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involuntary unilateral or bilateral rhythmic movement of the eye
may be pendular or jerk |
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| paralyiss of extraocular muscles |
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| may cause limited abduction, abnormal closure of eyelid, ptosis, and diplopia |
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| reduction or dimness of vision |
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| area of depressed vision in central field of vision |
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| development of opacities of ocular lens |
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| edema and inflammation of the optic nerve where it enters the eyeball |
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increased intraocular pressure
causes loss of peripheral vision followed by central vision impairment and blindness
three types: open angle, narrow angle, and acute angle closure |
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loss of accomodation
lnes becomes larger, firmer, and less elastic |
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| uneven bending of light rays on retina |
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| defective vision in half a visual field |
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| complete loss of vision in inner half of one eye and outer half of other |
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| smelling odors that aren't really present |
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| abnormal or perverted sense of smell |
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| decrease in taste sensation |
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| absense of taste sensation |
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perversion of taste
substance possess unpleasant flavor |
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