EXAM 3: HEALTH ASSESSMENT- STUDY
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Name the 3 types of abdominal pain - ✔✔1. Visceral pain
2. Parietal pain
3. Referred pain
What is visceral pain? - ✔✔Related to internal organs, difficult to localize,
typically palpable near midline, and varies in quality (burning, cramping, aching).
Associated with sweating, pallor, N/V, and restlessness.
Name the 5 types of visceral pain? - ✔✔1. RUQ pain
2. Epigastric pain
3. Periumbilical pain
4. Suprapubic pain (sacral pain)
,5. Hypogastric pain
What organs are affected with RUQ visceral pain? - ✔✔Liver, biliary tree
What organs are affected with epigastric visceral pain? - ✔✔Stomach, duodenum,
pancreas
What organs are affected with periumbilical visceral pain? - ✔✔Small intestines,
appendix, proximal colon
What is affected with suprapubic visceral pain (sacral pain)? - ✔✔Rectum
What organs are affected with hypogastric visceral pain? - ✔✔Colon, bladder,
uterus
What is parietal pain? - ✔✔Originates from inflammation in the parietal
peritoneum, steady aching pain, board-like rigidity, usually more severe than
visceral, more precisely localized, aggravated by movement or coughing (pt
prefers to lie still)
What is the peritoneum? - ✔✔A double envelope of serous membrane that lines
the abdominal wall and protects/covers the surface of most abdominal organs
Name the 2 types of peritoneums - ✔✔Parietal peritoneum and visceral
peritoneum
, What is the parietal peritoneum? - ✔✔Serous membrane that lines the wall of the
abdominal cavity (lines your abdomen and pelvic walls)
What is the visceral peritoneum? - ✔✔Covers the surface of most abdominal
organs
Inflammation of the peritoneum causes us to have what type of pain? -
✔✔Parietal pain
What is referred pain? - ✔✔-Pain felt in a part of the body other than its actual
source, felt in more distant site, will radiate from original site, develops as initial
pain and will intensify as time goes on.
-Pain is referred to a site where the organ was located in fetal development
What is appendicitis? - ✔✔-Inflammation of the appendix.
-Starts as dull, diffuse pain in periumbilical region that later shifts to severe, sharp,
persistent pain and TTP localized in the RLQ at McBurney Point (right iliac fossa).
What are the signs/symptoms of appendicitis? - ✔✔Pain that is aggravated by
movement, coughing, deep breathing, associated with anorexia, N/V, tachycardia
and fever.
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Name the 3 types of abdominal pain - ✔✔1. Visceral pain
2. Parietal pain
3. Referred pain
What is visceral pain? - ✔✔Related to internal organs, difficult to localize,
typically palpable near midline, and varies in quality (burning, cramping, aching).
Associated with sweating, pallor, N/V, and restlessness.
Name the 5 types of visceral pain? - ✔✔1. RUQ pain
2. Epigastric pain
3. Periumbilical pain
4. Suprapubic pain (sacral pain)
,5. Hypogastric pain
What organs are affected with RUQ visceral pain? - ✔✔Liver, biliary tree
What organs are affected with epigastric visceral pain? - ✔✔Stomach, duodenum,
pancreas
What organs are affected with periumbilical visceral pain? - ✔✔Small intestines,
appendix, proximal colon
What is affected with suprapubic visceral pain (sacral pain)? - ✔✔Rectum
What organs are affected with hypogastric visceral pain? - ✔✔Colon, bladder,
uterus
What is parietal pain? - ✔✔Originates from inflammation in the parietal
peritoneum, steady aching pain, board-like rigidity, usually more severe than
visceral, more precisely localized, aggravated by movement or coughing (pt
prefers to lie still)
What is the peritoneum? - ✔✔A double envelope of serous membrane that lines
the abdominal wall and protects/covers the surface of most abdominal organs
Name the 2 types of peritoneums - ✔✔Parietal peritoneum and visceral
peritoneum
, What is the parietal peritoneum? - ✔✔Serous membrane that lines the wall of the
abdominal cavity (lines your abdomen and pelvic walls)
What is the visceral peritoneum? - ✔✔Covers the surface of most abdominal
organs
Inflammation of the peritoneum causes us to have what type of pain? -
✔✔Parietal pain
What is referred pain? - ✔✔-Pain felt in a part of the body other than its actual
source, felt in more distant site, will radiate from original site, develops as initial
pain and will intensify as time goes on.
-Pain is referred to a site where the organ was located in fetal development
What is appendicitis? - ✔✔-Inflammation of the appendix.
-Starts as dull, diffuse pain in periumbilical region that later shifts to severe, sharp,
persistent pain and TTP localized in the RLQ at McBurney Point (right iliac fossa).
What are the signs/symptoms of appendicitis? - ✔✔Pain that is aggravated by
movement, coughing, deep breathing, associated with anorexia, N/V, tachycardia
and fever.
