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referred pain

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pain (pān) a feeling of distress, suffering, or agony, caused by stimulation of specialized nerve endings.
bearing-down pain  pain accompanying uterine contractions during the second stage of labor.
false pains  ineffective pains resembling labor pains, not accompanied by cervical dilatation.
growing pains  recurrent quasirheumatic limb pains peculiar to early youth.
hunger pain  pain coming on at the time for feeling hunger for a meal; a symptom of gastric disorder.
intermenstrual pain  pain accompanying ovulation, occurring during the period between the menses, usually about midway.
labor pains  the rhythmic pains of increasing severity and frequency due to contraction of the uterus at childbirth.
phantom limb pain  pain felt as though arising in an absent (amputated) limb.
psychogenic pain  symptoms of physical pain having psychological origin.
referred pain  pain felt in a part other than that in which the cause that produced it is situated.
rest pain  a continuous burning pain due to ischemia of the lower leg, which begins or is aggravated after reclining and is relieved by sitting or standing.

re·ferred pain (r-fûrd)
n.
Pain that is felt in a part of the body at a distance from its area of origin.

Referred pain
Pain felt at a site different from the location of the injured or diseased part of the body. Referred pain is due to the fact that nerve signals from several areas of the body may "feed" the same nerve pathway leading to the spinal cord and brain.
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referred pain
[rifurd′]
Etymology: L, referre + poena, punishment
pain felt at a site different from that of an injured or diseased organ or body part. Angina, the pain of coronary artery insufficiency, may be felt in the left shoulder, arm, or jaw. In gallbladder disease, pain may be felt in the right shoulder or scapular region.

referred pain,
n pain experienced in a part of the body away from the diseased or injured part (often a trigger point), such as the pain in left shoulder, which is caused by angina pectoris.
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Referred pain.

referred pain,
n pain felt at a site different from that of an injured or diseased organ or part of the body. Angina pain is often felt at a site distant from the heart, such as arm or shoulder.

referred pain
see referred pain.

acute abdomen
A relatively nonspecific symptom complex, in which a Pt is first seen in a 'toxic' state, complaining of incapacitating abdominal pain, variably accompanied by fever, and leukocytosis; AA may also be defined as an acute intra-abdominal inflammatory process that may require surgical intervention; appendicitis is the most common cause of an AA; nearly 100 other conditions may present in a similar fashion, in particular, ruptured ectopic pregnancy in a fallopian tube, ruptured acute diverticulitis and acute mesenteric lymphadenitis
Acute abdomen etiology
Infection
Amebiasis, hepatitis, falciparum malaria, pneumococcal pneumonia, rheumatic fever, salmonella gastroenteritis, staphylococcal toxemia, syphilis in 'tabetic crisis,' trichinosis, TB, typhoid fever, viral enteritides, herpes zoster, infectious mononucleosis, Whipple's disease
Inflammation
Appendicitis, cholangitis, cholecystitis, Crohn's disease, diverticulitis, gastroenteritis, hepatitis, SLE, mesenteric lymphadenitis, pancreatitis, peritonitis due to organ perforation, perinephric abscesses, pyelonephritis, ulcerative colitis, intestinal obstruction, rheumatoid arthritis, polyarteritis nodosa, Henoch-Schönlein disease
Intoxication
Black widow spider bite, heavy metals, mushrooms
Ischemia
Renal infarction, mesenteric arterial thrombosis
Malignancy
Pain due to organ infarction, Hodgkin's disease ('classically' associated with alcohol ingestion), leukemia, lymphoproliferative disorders
Metabolic disease
Adrenal insufficiency (Addisonian crisis), DKA, familial hyperlipoproteinemia, familial Mediterranean fever, hemochromatosis, hereditary angioneurotic edema, hyperparathyroidism, hyperthyroidism, acute intermittent porphyria, uremia, substance abuse withdrawal
Ob/Gyn
Twisted ovarian cyst, ectopic pregnancy, endometriosis, PD
Referred pain
Pneumonia, MI, pleuritis, pericarditis, myocarditis, hematomata of the rectal muscle, renal colic, peptic ulcer, nerve root compression
Trauma
Perforation/rupture–aortic aneurysm, spleen, bladder


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