PAIN

• Referred pain


  Felt in a part of the body that is considerably removed or far from the tissues causing the pain
• Pain perception


  The point which the person becomes aware of the pain
• Hyperalgesia


  Excessive sensitivity to pain
• Nociceptive pain


  Pain directly related to tissue damage and may be somatic
• Bradykinin


  Universal stimulus for pain
• Severe pain


  An emergency situation deserving attention and professional treatment
• Pain tolerance


  Maximum amount and duration of pain that an individual is willing to endure
• Radiating pain


  Perceived at the source of the pain and extends to the nearby tissues
• Breakthrough pain


  A transitory increase in pain that occurs on a background of otherwise controlled persistent pain
• Sensitization


  Increased sensitivity of a receptor after repeated activation by noxious stimuli or nociceptor
• Dysesthesia


  Unpleasant abnormal sensation, imitates the pathology of central neuropathic pain disorder
• Comfort


  Renewal amplification of power
• Allodynia


  Pain due to a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain
• Persistent pain


  A pain that contributes to insomnia, weight gain, constipation, etc.
• Pain threshold/sensation


  The amount of pain stimulation a person requires before feeling pain (least level of pain that the patient is able to detect)