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Neuropathic Pain: Diagnosis

Description: The sensation of pain results from adverse physical or emotional experiences that cause actual or perceived tissue damage. The most common pain sensation, nociceptive pain, results from physical tissue damage, which is experienced through the nervous system. A second type of pain, neuropathic pain, stems from a malfunction in the central and/or peripheral nervous system. Because its source is internal, neuropathic pain may lack an obvious origin. This course explains how neuropathic pain is diagnosed.

COURSE OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION
1. Course Information
2. Interface Tour
3. Course Overview

DIAGNOSIS
4. Objectives
5. Clinical Examination
6. Pain Distribution and Type
7. Physical Signs
8. Pain Scales
9. Other Questionnaires
10. Progress Check

CONCLUSION
11. Summary

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Students completing this course should be able to:

Identify four criteria (clinical presentation, patient history, physical history, and answers to pain scales) that physicians consider in diagnosing neuropathic pain
Identify peripheral neuropathy, radiculopathy, and hemi-body as three major types of neuropathic pain distribution and describe these distributions
Define two types of neuropathic pain that occur in response to stimuli, allodynia and hyperalgesia
List numerical, visual, and verbal questionnaires as three common types of pain scales

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