A nerve block is an example of pharmacological therapy to manage pain as it blocks:
a. the nerves in the area where the referred pain isfelt
b. the nerves in the spinal cord, thus inhibiting painimpulses.
c. the nerve root in the area from where the painoriginates.
d. impulses by an injection of an opioid in the
painful area.
c
A nerve block is an injection of local anaesthetic into
the nerve root area from which the pain originates.
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