KROK 1 2012 – Question 53 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
After the traumatic tooth extraction a patient is complaining of acute, dull, poorly-localized pain in gingiva, body temperature rise up to 37,5 °C. The patient has been diagnosed with alveolitis. Specify the kind of pain in this patient:
- A. Visceral
- B. Protopathic
- C. Heterotopic
- D. Phantom
- E. Epicritic
Hint
Think about how pain is classified by fibre type and quality of sensation, and where a dull, poorly localised ache fits.
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