A client who had an amputation of his lower leg comes to the clinic with a complaint of pain. He states, "I don't understand how I can be feeling pain in my foot—my foot is gone!"
The nurse explains this pain perception to the client:
a. "After your amputation, pain perception increases."
b. "Amputating your leg caused abnormal processing of sensory input by peripheral nervous system."
c. "Stimulation of nerves from your leg sends impulses to the brain so that you feel pain, even though your leg is no longer there."
d. "When sensory nerves enter the spinal cord, they stimulate nerves from unaffected organs in the same spinal cord segment as those neurons in areas where injury or disease is located."
ANS: C
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