A client has a severe abdominal injury with damage to the liver and colon from a motorcycle crash. What type of pain will predominate?
A) Psychogenic pain
B) Neuropathic pain
C) Cutaneous pain
D) Visceral pain
Ans: D
Visceral pain is poorly localized and originates in body organs in the thorax, cranium, and abdomen. The pain occurs as organs stretch abnormally and become distended, ischemic, or inflamed.
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