Primary care incidence and treatment of four neuropathic pain conditions: A descriptive study, 2002–2005 [PDF]
BMC Family Practice, 2008 Background Between 1992 and 2001 the UK general practice incidence of post-herpetic neuralgia and trigeminal neuralgia declined, whilst the incidence of painful diabetic neuropathy increased. The most common first line treatments were compound analgesics.
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Trigeminal neuralgia - diagnosis and treatment [PDF]
Cephalalgia, 2017 Introduction Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is characterized by touch-evoked unilateral brief shock-like paroxysmal pain in one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve. In addition to the paroxysmal pain, some patients also have continuous pain.
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Familial trigeminal neuralgia - a systematic clinical study with a genomic screen of the neuronal electrogenisome [PDF]
Cephalalgia, 2020 OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional study examined, for the first time, a large cohort of patients with trigeminal neuralgia, to ascertain the occurrence of familial cases, providing a systematic description of clinical features of familial disease. Since
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Triggering trigeminal neuralgia [PDF]
Cephalalgia, 2017 Introduction: Although it is widely accepted that facial pain paroxysms triggered by innocuous stimuli constitute a hallmark sign of trigeminal neuralgia, very few studies to date have systematically investigated the role of the triggers involved. In the
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for postherpetic neuralgia. [PDF]
Pain, 2015 Patients with herpes zoster can develop persistent pain after rash healing, a complication known as postherpetic neuralgia. By preventing zoster through vaccination, the risk of this common complication is reduced.
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Trigeminal neuralgia: new classification and diagnostic grading for practice and research [PDF]
, 2016 Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is an exemplary condition of neuropathic facial pain. However, formally classifying TN as neuropathic pain based on the grading system of the International Association for the Study of Pain is complicated by the requirement of ...
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Botulinum toxin type A for genitofemoral neuralgia: A case report [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 Genitofemoral neuralgia is an uncommon pain disorder that could be resistant to conventional treatment. A 78-year-old woman with refractory right genitofemoral neuralgia was treated with BoNT/A subcutaneous injections; the treatment was performed three ...
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Accommodation to Diagnosis of Trigeminal Neuralgia [PDF]
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2017 Trigeminal neuralgia is one of the most common causes of facial pain. It implies short lasting episodes of unilateral electric shock-like pain with abrupt onset and termination, in the distribution of one or more divisions of the trigeminal nerve that ...
Vanja Bašić Kes, Lucija Zadro Matovina
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Quantification of risk factors for postherpetic neuralgia in herpes zoster patients: A cohort study. [PDF]
Neurology, 2016 OBJECTIVE: To investigate risk factors for postherpetic neuralgia, the neuropathic pain that commonly follows herpes zoster. METHODS: Using primary care data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, we fitted multivariable logistic regression models
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Trigeminal Neuralgia, Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia, and Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome: An Update [PDF]
Pain Research and Management, 2017 Neuropathic pain is a common phenomenon that affects millions of people worldwide. Maxillofacial structures consist of various tissues that receive frequent stimulation during food digestion.The unique functions (masticatory process and facial ...
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