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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Neuropathic pain
Neuropathic pain
Neuropathic pain may be due to lesions or diseases affecting the somatosensory system. It may be associated with abnormal sensations called dysesthesia, which occur spontaneously and allodynia that occurs in response to external stimuli. Neuropathic pain may have continuous and/or episodic (paroxysmal) components. The latter are likened to an electric shock. Common qualities include burning or coldness, "pins and needles" sensations, numbness and itching. Nociceptive pain is more commonly described as aching. Up to 7% to 8% of the European population is affected and in 5% of persons it may be severe...
Neuropathic pain - List of case studies
- 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 ... neurologist, given the suspicion that the pain might be of neuropathic origin. However, based on an examination of the patient, the ...
- Left cervicobrachialgia following cervical discectomy
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Neck pain short_summary: ... disc herniation. The type of pain is reported as "neuropathic". questions: ...
- List of Symptoms
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of (high intensity) Abdominal mass Abdominal pain Abdominal pains Abdominalgia Abnormal bleeding Absence ... Neurologic deficit Neurological signs Neuropathic effects Neuropathic pain Neurosensory deafness ...
- Cervical pain and limitation of movement after 2 cervical spine surgeries
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on him. For the last 5 years he suffers from pain at the cervical spine that is accompanied by feeling of pressure in ... on 2 sides, the second demonstrates chronic neuropathic signs especially according to C7. E) ...
- 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 ... has been identified. How would one classify the neuropathic process? It is likely that the patient has a chronic , primarily ...
- IgG Multiple Myeloma
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57-year-old male who was found to have back pain and hyperglobulinemia approximately. Marrow biopsy was consistent with IgG ... difficult to use with bortezomib because the combined neuropathic effects of these two drugs can result in serious nerve injury ...
- Facial pain after thyroidectomy
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Facial pain short_summary: ... It is not likely for papillary thyroid cancer to cause neuropathic pain or lead to perineural metastasis . However, if ...
- Low back pain due to spondylosis and degenerative disc disease
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Chronic low back pain short_summary: ... disc changes are progressing with increase in neuropathic symptoms . PLAN (answering your questions): 1. No ...
- Treatments
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agents Anti-inflammatory medication Anti-neuropathic pain medications Anti-oxidant preparation Anti-oxidant supplements ...
- Neuropathic Pain with Neuralgic Features
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with a history of diabetes mellitus began experiencing pain in the legs. In the last few months the pain localized in her inner ... with sudden intense attacks, and is consistent with neuropathic pain with neuralgic features. The expert suggests possible ... intense (shock-like) attacks , is consistent with neuropathic pain with neuralgic features . ...