Pain Threshold and Pain tolerance

How is perceptual dominance manifest?

An individual with many painful sites may report only the most painful

Perceptual Dominance

Intense pain at one location may cause an increase in the pain threshold in another location.

Describe pain tolerance in relation to person-person and the individual over time.

Is very individualized Varies greatly person-person and in the individual over time

What is Pain Tolerance?

It is the duration of time or intensity of pain that an individual will endure before initiating overt pain responses

What is "Pain Threshold"?

It is the point at which a stimulus is perceived as pain

What is the clinical description of Non-nociceptive pain and where does it originate?

Neuropathic pain Peripheral Central

What is the clinical description of nociceptive pain? Where does it come from?

Pain with normal tissue injury from a known cause Somatic Visceral

What happens when the dominant pain stimuli is removed or diminished?

The individual may then identify other painful areas

Describe pain threshold in relation to person- person and the individual over time.

Threshold does not significantly vary person-person or in the individual over time