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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2017

A patient complaining of pain in the left shoulder-blade region has been diagnosed with miocardial infarction. What kind of pain does the patient have?

Answer options

  1. Epicritic
  2. Protopathic
  3. Visceral
  4. Phantom
  5. Radiating
Correct answer

Radiating

Explanation

If you have radiating pain that means that your pain begins in one place and travels to another location along the path of a nerve.

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