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Trigeminal neuralgia

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2017
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a sudden, severe, brief, stabbing, and recurrent pain within one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. Type 1 as intermittent and Type 2 as constant pain represent distinct clinical, pathological, and prognostic entities. Although multiple mechanism involving peripheral pathologies at root (compression or traction), and
Yadav, Yad Ram, Nishtha, Yadav, Sonjjay, Pande, Vijay, Parihar, Shailendra, Ratre, Yatin, Khare   +5 more
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Trigeminal Neuralgia

New England Journal of Medicine, 2020
Trigeminal neuralgia, traditionally called tic douloureux, is a chronic neuropathic pain disorder characterized by spontaneous and elicited paroxysms of electric shock–like or stabbing pain in a region of the face. A poor quality of life and suicide in severe cases have been attributed to the disorder.
Cruccu G., Stefano G. D., Truini A.
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Botulinum toxin-A for the treatment of neuralgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Pain Research, 2018
Fan Meng, Ke Peng, Jian-Ping Yang, Fu-Hai Ji, Fan Xia, Xiao-Wen Meng Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China Aim: This meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ...
Meng F, Peng K, Yang JP, Ji FH, Xia F, Meng XW   +5 more
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Postherpetic Neuralgia and Trigeminal Neuralgia [PDF]

Pain Research and Treatment, 2017
Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is an unpredictable complication of varicella zoster virus- (VZV-) induced herpes zoster (HZ) which often occurs in elderly and immunocompromised persons and which can induce psychosocial dysfunction and can negatively impact on quality of life. Preventive options for PHN include vaccination of high-risk persons against HZ,
L. Feller, R. A. G. Khammissa, J. Fourie, M. Bouckaert, J. Lemmer   +4 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman, Neehar Parikh, Dan J. Clauw, David A. Williams, Elliot B. Tapper   +4 more
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Varicella-Zoster viruses associated with post-herpetic neuralgia induce sodium current density increases in the ND7-23 Nav-1.8 neuroblastoma cell line [PDF]

, 2013
Post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is the most significant complication of herpes zoster caused by reactivation of latent Varicella-Zoster virus (VZV). We undertook a heterologous infection in vitro study to determine whether PHN-associated VZV isolates ...
Rowan, EG, Kennedy, PGE, Breuer, J, Scott Fiona, Peter G E Kennedy, Esther Grinfeld, Breuer, J., Rowan, E.G., Kennedy Peter G. E., Breuer, Judith, Paul Montague, Fiona Scott, Ashrafi, GH, Ashrafi, G.H., Judith Breuer, Rowan Edward G., Scott, F., Ashrafi G. H., Edward G Rowan, Kennedy, P. G. E., Grinfeld, E, Grinfeld Esther, Rowan, Edward, Montague, P, Montague Paul, Grinfeld, E., Breuer Judith, G H Ashrafi, Kennedy, P.G.E., Montague, P., Scott, F   +30 more
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Aetiology of Headache: A Prospective Observational Study from Southern India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Introduction: Headache is a widely prevalent symptom that greatly affects the quality of life. Yet, the disability caused by headache disorders does not receive the attention it deserves.
B Naveen Kumar, J Dianitta Devapriya Veronica   +1 more
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A SURVEY TO OBSERVE THE COMMONLY USED TREATMENT PROTOCOL FOR TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA BY PHYSIOTHERAPIST

International Journal of Physiotherapy, 2016
Background: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is also known as prosoplasia it is also termed as a Suicidal disease or Fothergill disease. The neuropathic condition is characterized by recurrent episodes of facial pains which are triggered by touch, chewing and ...
Reeta, Umesh kumar, Vinot Kumar, Mehbob Alam, Deeba Islami , Wakash Lal, Rajesh Kumar, Aneeta Bai   +7 more
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Neuralgias of the Head: Occipital Neuralgia

Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2016
Occipital neuralgia is defined by the International Headache Society as paroxysmal shooting or stabbing pain in the dermatomes of the greater or lesser occipital nerve. Various treatment methods exist, from medical treatment to open surgical procedures. Local injection with corticosteroid can improve symptoms, though generally only temporarily.
Il Choi, Sang Ryong Jeon
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RETROMASTOID SUBOCCIPITAL MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION TECHNIQUE FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Rehman Journal of Health Sciences, 2023
Introduction: Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition of craniofacial pain which is characterized by sudden, excruciating, and brief pain in the sensory distribution of one or more branches of the fifth cranial nerve resulting in decreased quality of life of
Mumtaz Ali, Akram Ullah, Ramzan Hussain, Sajid Khan, Arif Hussain, Hanif Ur Rehman, Muhammad Zubair, Amjad Ali   +7 more
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