Pudendal Neuralgia: Dr. Aaron Filler – Spine & Nerve Health
Join neurologist Dr. Aaron Filler of the Institute for Nerve Medicine in Santa Monica, California (http://www.nervemed.com) as he explores an often-difficult to discuss subject, pudendal neuralgia. Numbness or pain in the urogenital area (perineum) affects thousands, yet many are embarrassed to discuss it with their physician. Dr. Filler discusses symptoms, the difficulty in accurately diagnosing …Read more »
Reproducibility of the heat/capsaicin skin sensitization model ID 53437
Video abstract of Original Research Paper Reproducibility of the heat/capsaicin skin sensitization model in healthy volunteers published in the open access Journal of Pain Research by Cavallone, Frey, Montana et al. Introduction: Heat/capsaicin skin sensitization is a well-characterized human experimental model to induce hyperalgesia and allodynia. Using this model, gabapentin, among other drugs, was shown …Read more »
Diabetic Neuropathy Treatment: Pain Management
Neuropathy – Treatable? Watch Video Success Stories: https://neuracel.com One of the most common causes of neuropathy is diabetes. The longer a patient suffers from diabetes, the most likely his chances of developing neuropathy too. The foremost goal of diabetic neuropathy treatment is to eliminate the pain associated with the condition. In addition, preventing further damage …Read more »
Pain and Temperature
There is a connection between pain & temperature receptors (in particular, the TrpV1 receptor). There are other temperature receptors also present in the body (such as receptors sensitive to cold temperatures) but the TrpV1 receptor is a good example of how the brain can misinterpret sensory information (thinking that heat is present when its actually …Read more »
Syringomyelia and neuropathic pain: treatment.m4v
lthough pain is a prominent symptom in patients suffering from syringomyelia,and this central neuropathic pain is very difficult to treat. However, more than half of all patients with syringomyelia suffer from symptoms related to central neuropathic pain. Patients often present with complaints of radicular pain and/or central cord pain. Furthermore, nearly half of all patients …Read more »