A Patient Sustained a Traumatic Amputation Below His Knee Due

question 6

Multiple Choice

A patient sustained a traumatic amputation below his knee due to a motor vehicle accident. He is experiencing phantom pain and wants to know how this could be happening if his leg is gone. You explain that phantom pain occurs because:

• A) the incision where the amputation occurred is still healing.
• B) spinal cord neurons still send pain signals to the brain.
• C) large C fibers are overstimulated.
• D) inhibitory pain signals are diminished.

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