NRSG 2312 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, Heat Cramps
29 Dec 2016
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Specificity theory: amount of pain is related to the amount of tissue damage (acute pain, accounts for physical injuries but does not explain cognitive and psychological pain syndrome. Gate control theory: developed to explain the complexities of pain, pain is modulated by the impulses conducted to the spinal cord and to the. Cns, which is carried by nociceptors fibers: sets up a memory so that if you touch a hot stove once, your body will react slowly, but if you touch it again, your body will respond faster. Pain threshold: point at which a stimulus is perceived as pain, older people should have higher pain threshold due to experience. Perceptual dominance: pain at one location may cause in increase in the threshold in another location. If you have pain in your head and you have a hang nail, you night not even feel the pain in your finger because your hang nail nullifies it.
