Question

Ms. Carroll went to her doctor's office with pain in her right shoulder blade and learned she was having a gallbladder attack. You're not surprised to hear about the unusual location of her pain since it is known as:

A) the receptive field.
B) phantom limb pain.
C) referred pain.
D) chronic pain.

Answer 1

Answer: option C - referred pain

Explanation:

A gallbladder attack will induce pain in ANY part of the body UNDER the term REFERRED PAIN. For MS. Carroll, the pain was "referred" to the shoulder blade.

Note that whenever pain is felt at a body part different from the origin of the pain, It is due to the coordinated network of sensory nerves, supplying different tissues of the body

So, referred pain has affected Ms Carroll