Appendix E
Axia College Material
Appendix E
Pain Matrix
Sarafino (2006) noted that “people are more likely to seek medical treatment without delay if they feel pain” (p. 292). Pain is not pleasant, but it is a necessary response for us to know when something is wrong, allowing us to limit damage to our bodies. There are many types and sources of pain. It is a sense that we experience in varying degrees of intensity, depending upon the individual. Some individuals have a rare condition called congenital analgesia, where they are unable to feel any type of pain. Most of these people die young because, without pain, the seriousness of their life-threatening injuries or illnesses go undetected, eventually leading to death (Kalb et al, 2003).
Directions: Refer to Ch. 11 of the text as you fill in the chart, using your own words to describe different kinds of pain and their causes.
|Pain event |Description of pain event |Origin of pain event (physiological, |
| |(Answer in 1 to 2 sentences) |psychological, or both) |
|Referred pain |Pain felt at a site other than where the cause is |Both |
| |situated. An example is pain from the pancreas is | |
| |often felt in the back. | |
|Organic pain |Pain that can be lessened by organic products |Both |
|Pain disorder (somatoform disorder) |The symptoms are physical but are not entirely |Physiological |
| |understood as a consequence of a general medical | |
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