An otherwise healthy client has been referred to a pain clinic because she claims to experience exquisite pain from the friction of her clothes on her torso. This client is likely to be diagnosed with which of the following health problems?
A) Visceral pain
B) Hypoalgesia
C) Allodynia
D) Primary hyperalgesia
Ans: C
Feedback:
Allodynia is pain that follows a nonnoxious stimulus to apparently normal skin. Visceral pain is a deep, nonspecific pain that results from disruption of organs or deep tissues. Hypoalgesia is an abnormal decrease in pain sensitivity, whereas primary hyperalgesia describes pain sensitivity that occurs directly in damaged tissues.
You might also like to view...
Which of the following is a serious side effect of misoprostol (Cytotec)?
a. Spontaneous abortion b. Cardiac arrhythmias c. Pulmonary fibrosis d. Blood dyscrasia
Which side effect is not associated with atropine?
a. Diaphoresis c. Blurred vision b. Confusion d. Urinary retention
Advantages of the IUD include which of the following?
a. They prevent ovulation. b. They diminish sexual spontaneity. c. They are relatively maintenance free. d. They may increase menstrual cramping.
Male gonad:
a. testus b. testas c. testis