Ms.Caroll went to the doctors office with pain in her right shoulder blade and learned she was having a gallbladder attack. Your
e not surprised to hear about that unusual location of her pain since its known as _____. A- Chronic pain
B- Referred pain
C- Receptive field
D- Phantom limb pain
Referred pain is when pain in one part of your body is caused by pain in another part of your body.
The pain that Ms. Caroll is experiencing in her gallbladder is causing her to experience pain in her right shoulder blade.
Also, when the gallbladder is inflamed and swollen, it irritates the phrenic nerve which runs from the abdomen, through the chest, and into the neck. This causes pain in the right shoulder blade.
