Your patient is suffering from referred pain, and is wonderi…
Your patient is suffering from referred pain, and is wondering why you are not treating the part of their body that hurts. Write a thorough description of what referred pain is, as if you were educating this patient.(Remember, this test is meant to examine your knowledge of the subject matter for this test – your goal should be to prove what you have learned from the class so far. It’s OK to include other knowledge/experience, but if you don’t include specifics from subject matter from class/readings, you will not do well on the test over that material. So, teach your patient about referred pain – go into as much detail as you feel necessary.)Grading : Earn up to 50% of the points on offer for this question for demonstrating an understanding of how referred pain is thought to work. Earn another 50% for your translated-for-patient-consumption description.