A Patient with Chronic Abdominal Pain Has Learned to Control

question 3

Multiple Choice

A patient with chronic abdominal pain has learned to control the pain with the use of imagery and hypnosis. A family member asks the nurse how these techniques work. The nurse's reply is based on the information that these strategies

• A) impact the cognitive and affective components of pain.
• B) increase the modulating effect of the efferent pathways.
• C) prevent transmission of nociceptive stimuli to the cortex.
• D) slow the release of transmitter chemicals in the dorsal horn.

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