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Neuropathic Pain in Nursing Homes
ABSTRACT Background In older persons, pain prevalence is estimated to range between 22% and 80%. In nursing home residents, underevaluated pain is common despite pain management quality indicators. This study aims to assess neuropathic pain (NP) prevalence, NP evaluation and treatment, and healthcare professionals’ practices and needs to optimise NP ...
Gisèle Pickering+6 more
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Burden of herpes zoster-associated chronic pain in Italian patients aged 50 years and over (2009¿2010): a GP-based prospective cohort study. [PDF]
BackgroundPost-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is the most common complication in herpes zoster (HZ) patients.MethodsWe performed a longitudinal, prospective study in 108 general practices throughout Italy to assess how many immunocompetent patients aged ¿50 ...
Bricout, H+7 more
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This paper reviewed the clinical data of a patient with postherpetic neuralgia, summarized the intervention effect of five-element music therapy and acupoint massage and related nursing measures. Five-element music theory was conducted under the guidance
FENG Shuang (冯爽)+3 more
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ABSTRACT Background Pressure pain thresholds (PPT) are a component of Quantitative Sensory Testing and are used to assess mechanical pain sensitivity. Joint‐specific PPT measurements are relevant because many joint disorders involve altered pain processing at and around joints. This study aims to establish such reference values that might contribute to
Fabian Tomschi+3 more
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What is the prognosis of postherpetic neuralgia? [PDF]
Postherpetic neuralgia occurs rarely among patients aged 70 years, 25% had some pain at 3 months, but only 10% had pain at 1 year, and none had severe pain.
Gazewood, John D., Meadows, Susan E.
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High-Dose Capsaicin for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain: What We Know and What We Need to Know [PDF]
Neuropathic pain is a frequent and disabling condition with diverse underlying etiologies and is often difficult to treat. Systemic drug treatment is often limited in efficacy.
Sommer, Claudia, Üçeyler, Nurcan
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Mengzhen Xu,1 Jin Liu,1 Hui Zhang,2 Ruiting Li,3 Junni Wei1 1School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pain Management, First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, People’s Republic ...
Xu M, Liu J, Zhang H, Li R, Wei J
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Skin microbiome engineering: Challenges and opportunities in skin diseases treatment
The skin microbiome plays a crucial role in skin health, influencing barrier integrity, immune responses, and disease susceptibility. Various interventions can reshape the microbiome, broadly categorized into targeted and untargeted approaches. Targeted strategies, such as phage therapy, engineered bacteria, and phage lysins, selectively modulate ...
Yiang Lyu, Juntao Shen, You Che, Lei Dai
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Herpes Zoster After Liver Transplantation: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Complications [PDF]
Herpes zoster is the consequence of the reactivation of latent varicella-zoster infection. Immunosuppression may be a predisposing factor for herpes zoster.
Herrero, J.I. (José Ignacio)+6 more
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Postherpetic neuralgia: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and pain management pharmacology
Theresa Mallick-Searle,1 Brett Snodgrass,2 Jeannine M Brant,3 1Pain Management Center, Stanford Health Care, Redwood City, CA, 2LifeLinc Pain Centers, Cordova, TN, 3Billings Clinic, Billings, MT, USA Abstract: Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is a ...
Mallick-Searle T, Snodgrass B, Brant JM
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