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By Mahnoor Saeed
Final year MBBS student ,RMC
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• DEFINE PAIN
• SIX KEY POINTS OF PAIN
• TYPES OF PAIN RECEPTORS
• PAIN PATHWAY
• TYPES OF PAIN
DEFINITION BY INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF STUDY OF PAIN IN 2020
Effect on
Life
Nociception Reporting function,
Personal experiences Non verbal
and pain are pain should social and
experience helps in expression
different be respected psychological
learning pain
well being
TYPES OF PAIN RECEPTORS
FREE NERVE ENDINGS WHICH ARE MORPHOLOGICAL SIMILAR BUT
FUNCTIONALLY SPECIFIC
Types of
pain
Nociceptive Neuropathi
pain c pain
NOCICEPTIVE PAIN
RESPONSE OF OUR BODIES’ SENSORY
NERVOUS SYSTEMS TOWARDS ACTUAL OR
POTENTIALLY HARMFUL STIMULI.
• UNMYELINATED C FIBERS
• MYELINATED A DELTA FIBERS
TYPES OF NOCICEPTIVE PAIN
NEUROPATHIC PAIN • CAUSED BY NERVE DAMAGE AFFECTING
SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM.
Types
CNS PNS
• Duration ( minutes to Based on
• Lasts longer than
< 3 months) duration
6 months
• Short acting
• Constant or
• Resolves after the
recurring
injured area heals • Present even after
• e.g cut on skin, tissue heals
appendicitis
Acute pain Chronic pain
Moderate Severe
Mild pain
pain pain
BASED ON LOCATION
EXAMPLES
HEADACHE JOINT PAIN CHEST PAIN
SPECIAL THANKS TO DR. KAMRAN KHAN
SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER,GENERAL SURGERY
DEPARTMENT
REFERENCES:
• HTTPS://WWW.IASP-PAIN.ORG/PUBLICATIONSNEWS/NEWSDETAIL.ASPX?ITEMNUMBER=10475
• HTTPS://WWW.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/PMC/ARTICLES/PMC6121522/#__FFN_SECTITLE GENERAL
PATHWAYS OF PAIN SENSATION AND THE MAJOR NEUROTRANSMITTERS INVOLVED IN
PAIN REGULATION
• HTTPS://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/SIVANANDAREDDY52/PAIN-DEFINITION-NATURE-SIGNS-SYMPT
OMS-TYPES-ASSESSMENT-MANAGEMENT
ANY QUESTIONS