The mysterious science of pain

For hundreds of years, scientists thought pain was...

• an imaginary sensory reaction

• a direct response to damage

• damage caused by pain

• suffering as a response to reaction

Pain and tissue damage don`t always...

• differ mucho from each other

• react to stimuli

• have the same cause

• go hand in hand

Humans are capable of experiencing severe pain out of proportion to an actual injury, and even pain...

• to an extreme injury

• to a small injury

• without any injury

• when the injury is in a no - pain area

Nociception is a part of the nervous system`s protective response...

• to harmful or potentially harmful stimuli

• to threats that will definitively cause a reaction

• to stimuli potentially harmful for a person

• to reactions caused by stimuli

When pain sensors are activated...

• they send a reaction to the tissue

• they connect with eachother and protect the tissue

• they send signals to the brain to weight the situation and produce pain

• they act on their own to protect in harmful situations

Pain helps the body...

• avoid further injury or damage

• damage and disable a tissue

• avoid restoring the healing process

• damage the suffering

Nociceptive signals are amplified when...

• injury is chronically repeated

• sensors are added to nerve fibers

• the brain don`t reacts to them

• nerve fibers are multiplied

Chronic pain is defined as pain lasting more than

• 3 months

• 3 weeks

• 3 years

• 3 days

Pain is also influenced by a person`s emotional state, memories, beliefs about pain and...

• attitude

• reaction to feelings

• predisposition

• expectations about treatment

The approach to treat pain inlcuding therapists, family, doctors, etc. is called...

• a diverse approach

• a rod approach

• a multi - pronged

• a stimuly