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Chronic pain
Chronic pain
Chronic pain has several different meanings in medicine. Traditionally, the distinction between acute and chronic pain has relied upon an arbitrary interval of time from onset; the two most commonly used markers being 3 months and 6 months since the initiation of pain, though some theorists and researchers have placed the transition from acute to chronic pain at 12 months. Others apply acute to pain that lasts less than 30 days, chronic to pain of more than six months duration, and subacute to pain that lasts from one to six months. A popular alternative definition of chronic pain, involving no arbitrarily fixed durations is "pain that extends beyond the expected period of healing...
Chronic pain - List of case studies
- Cervical Disk Hernia_3
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reviewed. The report reads, “signs of severe chronic neuropathy in the patient’s muscles whose roots are C5-6 on the ... medications, and injections to help with the radicular pain, given the severe stenosis, he will likely, eventually and invariably, ...
- Low back pain due to spondylosis and degenerative disc disease
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Chronic low back pain short_summary: ...
- Metastatic, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
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mass per CT 09/09 2 Transcutaneous lung SOL biopsy 3 Chronic renal failure 4 Hypertension 5 Dyslipidemia 6 Heavy smoker PH 7 ... echo, 05/2008 Chief Complaint Weakness and pain in right chest Current Illness 67 year old male, father of ...
- Axonal and Demyelinative Sensorimotor Neuropathy
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in writing . After 20 minutes of walking has pain in gastrocnemius and thighs and has to stop. After a rest, pain ... features in the legs . EMG study revealed mild chronic neurogenic changes in the distal muscles of the right lower ... neuropathic process? It is likely that the patient has a chronic , primarily sensory, mixed large and small fiber, predominantly axon ...
- Post infectious hypothyroidism
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few months after giving birth, she gained weight and felt pain all over her body, paresthesias in her hands, and loss of energy. ... hypothyroidism mainly in underdeveloped countries is the chronic lack of iodine (necessary to produce the hormone) in the diet. If ...
- Cluster headache
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years it has been transformed from an episodic form to a chronic one. The patient reports an episodes of vertigo, for which she carried ... points for short periods to alleviate the burden of pain. Triptans especially Narapriptan can be used as well for ...
- Facial pain after thyroidectomy
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Facial pain short_summary: ... included in this review, the patient was diagnosed with chronic sialadenitis. The pain persisted despite medical therapy. In ...
- Chronic Atrial Fibrillation in Patient with Prior Hemoptoic Episodes in Bilateral Bronchiectases
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Diagnosis : Chronic Atrial Fibrillation in Patient with Prior Hemoptoic Episodes in ... in the context of bronchiectasic walls, the site of chronic phlogosis . Following the subsequent hospitalization for ... to ASA and intolerance to ticlopidine (epigastric pain + skin manifestations); furthermore the patient is well known for ...
- Chronic pain of undetermined origin
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67-year-old male suffering a constant pain at the bottom of the lower left rib cage for the last two years. The pain ... 67, Sex: M Diagnosis : Chronic pain of undetermined origin Case history ...
- Massive Portal and Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis
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found, the patient’s discharge was conducted upon pain relieving infusion therapy , first with paracetamol and then with ... - Abdominal inflammation – such as: chronic pancreatitis , cholangitis , acute pancreatitis or liver ...