Referred Pain

Referred Pain

1. Pain perceived in a location other than the site of the painful stimulus or pain that is present in an area removed or distant from its point of origin

2. Also known as reflective pain

3. Referred visceral pain is carried by second order neurons that travel in the contralateral spinothalmic tracts

4. The area of referred pain is supplied by the same spinal segment as the actual site of pain becuase impulses from many cutaneous and visceral neurons converge

   • The presumed mechanism is one of afferent fibres from this conjoint area in the spinal cord, relaying the mistaken perception that the pain arises from the referral site.

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