| Pain and nociception |
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| | Head and neck | | | | Thorax |
Back ( upper back, lower back, spinal disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, coccydynia) • Breast ( perimenstrual, breast cancer) • Chest ( myocardial infarction, gastroesophageal reflux disease, pancreatitis, hiatus hernia, aortic dissection, asymptomatic pulmonary embolism, Tietze's syndrome) • Shoulder (right side - cholecystitis) | | | Abdominal |
Left and right upper quadrant ( peptic ulcer disease, gastroenteritis, hepatitis, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, atypical myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm, asymptomatic gastric cancer) • Left and right lower quadrant ( appendicitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, ectopic pregnancy, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, diverticulitis, urolithiasis, pyelonephritis, colorectal cancer) | | | Limbs | | | | Joints (arthralgia) | | | | Musculoskeletal | | | | Other/unspecified |
cold pressor test, congenital insensitivity to pain, dolorimeter, HSAN ( Type I, II congenital sensory neuropathy, III familial dysautonomia, IV congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis, V congenital insensitivity to pain with partial anhidrosis), neuralgia, pain asymbolia, pain disorder, paroxysmal extreme pain disorder • Allodynia, breakthrough pain, chronic pain, hyperalgesia, hypoalgesia, hyperpathia, phantom pain, referred pain | | | Related concepts |
Anterolateral system, gate control theory of pain, pain management ( anesthesia, cordotomy), pain scale, pain threshold, pain tolerance, posteromarginal nucleus, substance P, suffering, OPQRST |
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