Which type of pain tends to occur along a well-defined path in a region of the body per-sistently?
a. Unrelenting pain
b. Osteoarthritic pain
c. Postoperative pain
d. Postherpetic pain
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A Incorrect. Persistent pain does not occur along a well-defined path.
B Incorrect. Osteoarthritis pain is usually persistent but seldom occurs along a well-defined path, because the pain is usually localized.
C Incorrect. Postoperative pain is acute pain that occurs in the area of the surgical procedure and incision.
D Correct. Postherpetic neuralgia tends to persist in the dermatome of a spinal nerve. For example, postherpetic neuralgia of C8 (the 8th cervical spinal nerve) should cause burning, itching, or stinging pain along the back of one arm, through the elbow, and down to the smallest finger on the side of the same hand.
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