An older patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus is complaining of burning feet. The nurse determines that the patient is most likely experiencing which type of pain?
A) Somatic pain
B) Visceral pain
C) Nociceptive pain
D) Neuropathic pain
D
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Neuropathic pain occurs from an abnormal processing of sensory stimuli by the central or peripheral nervous system and is associated with diabetic neuropathies. Somatic pain is in the bone and soft tissue. Visceral pain is generalized, referred, and described as deep and aching. Nociceptive pain arises from mechanical, thermal, or chemical noxious stimuli.
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