Question 33 (part 2) · LEK · Spine
Indicate the true statements concerning pain and its possible cause.
1) night pain — cancer pain.
2) pain decreasing in a sitting and standing position, increasing in a lying position, with a feeling of tightness in the abdomen — compression fracture of the vertebral shaft.
3) pain increasing in a sitting position — spinal canal stenosis.
4) pain during coughing — hernia of the nucleus pulposus.
5) pain decreasing in a sitting position — spinal canal stenosis.
The correct answer is:
2) pain decreasing in a sitting and standing position, increasing in a lying position, with a feeling of tightness in the abdomen — compression fracture of the vertebral shaft.
3) pain increasing in a sitting position — spinal canal stenosis.
4) pain during coughing — hernia of the nucleus pulposus.
5) pain decreasing in a sitting position — spinal canal stenosis.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,3,5.
- B. 1,4,5.
- C. 1,2,3.
- D. 1,3,4.
- E. 2,3,4,5.
Hint
Think about which posture widens the spinal canal and which unloads a fractured vertebral body.
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