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The nurse implements cutaneous stimulation for a client as part of a strategy for pain relief. The nurse giving the client a massage before bed exemplifies the use of this technique.
Based on the "gate control" theory of pain, cutaneous stimulation involves stimulating nerves through skin contact in an effort to diminish pain impulses to the brain. The impact of an electrocutaneous nerve stimulation device on peripheral neuropathy symptoms has been researched.
Cutaneous stimulation is the physical stimulation of the skin that can reduce pain, such as cold compresses that can lower blood flow to some body parts and reduce edema, which is expected to provide an analgesic effect by slowing the speed of nerve delivery, reducing the amount of pain that reaches the brain.
There is a lot of variation in how different populations perceive cutaneous sensory stimuli.
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