Pain, pain, go away.

by otto on September 25, 2009

Pain can greatly decrease the quality of life that is why it is important to detect and treat neuropathic pain early, which is common but often misdiagnosed. Doing so can relive the pain and improve the patients daily life.

Neuropathic pain effects somewhere between 5 to 10 percent of our population. Because this pain is often misdiagnosed, the number of affected may actually be higher. The symptoms include. Burning, tingling and shock like sensations; these pains can sometimes be stabbing. Even a light touch can cause pain. It can also be described as a pain that lingers or leaves you with the “pins and needles” feeling.

Neuropathic pain can be caused by inflammatory or non-inflammatory response to noxious stimulus. The pain is originally caused by a lesion or dysfunction of the central nervous system. In neuropathic pain the original site of the pain or the injury could be in different places because the neurological area (or territory) of the nerve, root, spinal cord and brain

If pain is allowed to continue it will most likely be and on ongoing issue that will have to be treated for the rest of the patient’s life. Right now, there are drugs available like Lyrica by Pfizer for the treatment of neuropathic pain, and fibromyalgia
a similar never pain condition.

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