Which type of pain tends to occur along a well-defined path in a ...

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Which type of pain tends to occur along a well-defined path in a region of the body per-sistently?
 
  a. Unrelenting pain
  b. Osteoarthritic pain
  c. Postoperative pain
  d. Postherpetic pain

Question 2

The most detrimental illness or condition that an older adult with deafness that occurred at birth can experience is which one of the following?
 
  a. Aphasia
  b. Cataracts
  c. Glaucoma
  d. Osteoarthritis

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Answer to Question 1

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A Incorrect. Persistent pain does not occur along a well-defined path.
B Incorrect. Osteoarthritis pain is usually persistent but seldom occurs along a well-defined path, because the pain is usually localized.
C Incorrect. Postoperative pain is acute pain that occurs in the area of the surgical procedure and incision.
D Correct. Postherpetic neuralgia tends to persist in the dermatome of a spinal nerve. For example, postherpetic neuralgia of C8 (the 8th cervical spinal nerve) should cause burning, itching, or stinging pain along the back of one arm, through the elbow, and down to the smallest finger on the side of the same hand.

Answer to Question 2

B
Cataracts can have a potentially devastating impact on the life of an individual with prelingual deafness because sign language is the primary source for communication. Without the ability to read signing or lips accurately, the older adult who has a cloudy lens is unable to receive com-munication except by Braille. Aphasia has the potential to affect the individual's life; however, with adequate vision, some means of communication can remain viable. Glaucoma would not devastate the individual's ability to read sign language unless blindness occurred. Effective treatment should help maintain the individual's baseline visual acuity. Osteoarthritis can make signing more difficult for an individual with prelingual deafness, but it is not nearly as devastat-ing to the ability to communicate as a cloudy lens from cataracts.