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Pain out of proportion or pain out of proportion to physical examination is a medical sign where apparent pain in the individual does not correspond to other signs. It is found in a number of conditions, including: Necrotizing fasciitis. Compartment syndrome. Mesenteric ischemia. Mueller-Weiss disease.
Hyperalgesia (/ ˌ h aɪ p ər æ l ˈ dʒ iː z i ə / or /-s i ə /; hyper from Greek ὑπέρ (huper) 'over' + -algesia from Greek ἄλγος (algos) 'pain') is an abnormally increased sensitivity to pain, which may be caused by damage to nociceptors or peripheral nerves and can cause hypersensitivity to stimulus.
Pain is usually transitory, lasting only until the noxious stimulus is removed or the underlying damage or pathology has healed. But some painful conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, peripheral neuropathy, cancer, and idiopathic pain, may persist for years.
10 mar 2016 · Patients with acute mesenteric ischemia may initially present with classic “pain out of proportion to examination,” with an epigastric bruit; many, however, do not. 12 Other patients may...
Pain out of proportion to exam Abdomen often soft, without guarding. Pain often left sided around watershed areas of colon (splenic flexure and recto-sigmoid junction)
Compartment syndrome describes the state of increased pressure in a closed tissue space that impairs blood flow to that space. In turn, the lack of perfusion leads to hypoxia and damage to the muscles and nerves in the space or passing through it.
