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jace · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A client in the emergency department is diagnosed with a myocardial infarction (heart attack). The client describes pain in his left arm and shoulder. What name is given to this type of pain?

A) Cutaneous pain
B) Referred pain
C) Allodynia
D) Nociceptive

Question 2

A client tells the nurse that she is experiencing stabbing pain in her mouth, gums, teeth, and chin following brushing her teeth. These are symptoms of which of the following pain syndromes?

A) Complex regional pain syndrome
B) Postherpetic neuralgia
C) Trigeminal neuralgia
D) Diabetic neuropathy

Jbrasil · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Referred pain is pain that is perceived in an area distant from the point of origin. Pain associated with a myocardial infarction is frequently referred to the neck, shoulder, or arm.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
A symptom of trigeminal neuralgia is paroxysms of lightning-like stabs of in tense pain in the distribution of one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve, the fifth cranial nerve. Pain is usually experienced in the mouth, gums, lips, nose, cheek, chin, and surface of the head and may be triggered by everyday activities like talking, eating, shaving, or brushing one's teeth.