Hot water bottle relieves pain of abdominal spasm by: (A) Stimulation of touch receptors, (B) Stimulation of cholinergic fibers, (C) Inhibition of cold receptors, (D) Inhibitionof heat receptors
Answer is A. The gate control theory of pain asses that non-painful input closes the nerve "gates" to painful input, which prevents pain sensation from traveling to the central nervous system. Gate Control Theory of Pain describes how non-painful sensations can override and reduce painful sensations Ref: guyton and hall textbook of medical physiology 12 edition page number:559,560,561