Nursing 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Substantia Gelatinosa Of Rolando, Posterior Grey Column, Nociceptor
6 Jan 2018
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If pain is allowed to continue, passes through spinal cord to lateral spinothalmic tracts: leads to thalamus, into limbic system. Pain can be classified based on: duration, acute, warn the body that some type of injury has occurred, results from tissue damage, runs a finite course and resolves, associated with specific events (trauma) or disease (appendicitis, chronic. Lasts beyond expected healing period; has no role: aka persistent pain because of stigma attached to it. Important to know in selecting necessary diagnostic tests and treatments. Epitology: aka cause, can predict the course of pain, effectively treat the pain. Association with cancer: arises from treatment of cancer. Important to know how to deal with a patient with auditory/ cognitive disabilities: pain reports from these patients are not any less valid. Acute assessment: severe pain not relieved by over-the-counter analgesics need immediate attention before they turn chronic.
