SMi Source Lesson Chronic Pain: Overview

  • SMi Source lesson Chronic Pain: Overview has the following microlearning topics

    • 1. Interactivity

    2. Overview of Pain: The Nociceptor

    3. Overview of Pain: Peripheral Sensitization

    4. Overview of Pain: Central Sensitization

  • Lesson Chronic Pain: Overview teaches these concepts

    • Chronic Pain, Overview of Pain, Interactivity

  • Lesson Chronic Pain: Overview addresses these key points

    • Allodynia

    • Pain due to a stimulus which does not normally provoke pain.

    Dysesthesia

    • An unpleasant abnormal sensation (spontaneous or evoked).

    Hyperalgesia

    • An increased response to a stimulus which is normally painful.

    Hyperesthesia

    • Increased sensitivity to stimulation, excluding the special senses.

    Hyperpathia

    • An abnormally painful reaction along with an increased pain threshold.

    Neuralgia

    • Pain in the distribution of a nerve or nerves.

    Neuritis

    • Inflammation of a nerve or nerves.

    Neuropathy

    • A disturbance of function or pathological change in a nerve.

    Paresthesia

    • An abnormal sensation, (spontaneous or evoked).