A patient learns that he has no physical cause for the ongoing back pain he experiences. The nurse realizes this patient might be experiencing which of the following?

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The fact that the patient has no physical cause for his ongoing back pain points towards psychogenic pain, which can be caused by psychological or emotional factors. Central pain pertains to pain resulting from damage or dysfunction in the central nervous system, phantom pain is the sensation of pain that feels like it is coming from a limb or body part that is no longer there, and chronic postoperative pain is pain persisting for more than 2 to 3 months after surgery.

A Patient Learns That He Has No Physical Cause for the Ongoing