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Purpose: To examine the feasibility of an auricular point acupressure (APA) to manage a symptom cluster of pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance; to explore the potential utility of APA for reducing these symptoms in breast cancer patients. Design/Research approach: This was an open-pilot trial, with repeated observational resea.. Read More
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Systematic Review: Acupuncture in Chronic Pain, Low Back Pain and Migraine
Acupuncture is widely used for chronic pain. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment of chronic pain, within the context of the methodological quality of the studies. Complementary medicine databases, bibliographies and articles were searched... Read More
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Dry Needling and its Use in Health Care A Treatment Modality and Adjunct for Pain Management
Dry needling is used by medical professionals throughout the United States to treat pain and to help patients improve quality of life. There are noninvasive mechanisms that are used to treat pain such as heat and cold application, other thermal or electrical modalities, stretching to soft tissue, or manual therapy. Dry needling .. Read More
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The purpose of physiological pain is protection. Pain is associated with high morbidity and socioeconomic burden. Conventional medication of pain is expensive and arguably associated with various severe adverse effects hence the need to develop herbal agents that are effective as alternative. This study was designed to evaluate .. Read More
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Aetiology, Diagnosis and Management of Premenstrual Syndrome
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a combination of physical and emotional disturbances that occur after a woman ovulates and ends with menstruation. More than 200 symptoms have been known as the symptoms of PMS. About 20-80% of women of reproductive age experience these disturbing symptoms. A more severe form of PMS, known as preme.. Read More
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Background: Patients with adult degenerative scoliosis often experience chronic recurrent back and/or hip pain. This is a very common reason that this patient population seeks treatment. Few treatments are typically offered to adult patients with scoliosis. Of these, the more common are pharmacologic pain management, and epidura.. Read More
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Objective: Low back pain is one of the most common subjective symptoms presenting in Japan, but has no established curative therapy. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly prescribed for low back pain, and are generally effective in alleviating pain; however, such drugs are frequently associated with adverse.. Read More
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Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS) after Lumbar Spinal Injections:ACase Series
Subjects: Five patients with low back pain and radicular symptoms. Case description: Five patients presented with low back pain radiating to the lower extremity, which correlated with pathology identified on MRI. After undergoing the appropriate spinal injection, each patient complained of severe back pain, difficulty in ambula.. Read More
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Opioid-Induced Gastrointestinal Dysfunction (OGD): A Questionnaire Survey of Chronic Opioid Users
In order to gain insight into the symptoms of opioid-induced gastrointestinal dysfunction, we conducted a questionnaire survey among 119 daily prescription-opioid users, also to understand how they deal with the dysfunction, with or without physician assistance, using the abundantly available, over-the-counter constipation remed.. Read More
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Background: Dexamethasone is currently used as a part of multimodal analgesia on postoperative pain management. Dexamethasone considered providing effective analgesia as a steroid anti-inflammatory. This study aimed to examine the effects of preoperative single dose of intravenous dexamethasone to the inflammation, cortisol resp.. Read More
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Most recently the Nigeria immunization programme has reported improvements in its routine immunization coverage, further propelled by the introduction of new vaccines (Pentavalent, PCV, IPV, Rotavirus vaccines etc.). This will further strengthen the country’s efforts to significantly reduce childhood mortality and accelera.. Read More
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Neural Therapy: An Overlooked Game Changer for Patients Suffering Chronic Pain?
Today the vast majority of medical treatments are for diseases of a chronic nature, in particular chronic pain. The treatment of chronic pain is costly not only in the United States but countries around the world adding up to billions of dollars for treatment costs as well as disability costs. There is an urgent need at this tim.. Read More
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Opioid-induced hyperalgesia (OIH) is a state of sensitization of pain receptors caused by opioid use. In OIH, there is a paradoxical response to opioids, in which opioids that are used to produce analgesia will instead induce sensitization to certain painful stimuli. The resulting pain might be similar or different from the orig.. Read More
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Study background: An analysis of the relationship between visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores and Likert pain scores over a period of up to a year in patients who sustained a distal radius fracture (DRF) in order to assess the reliability of using a VAS pain score as a long-term outcome instrument. Methods: Retrospective revie.. Read More
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Objectives: Due to recent reports on the high rates of painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) in Saudi Arabian patients, this study sought to investigate the predictors of PDN in Saudi patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: This case-control study selected 198 outpatients with type 2 diabetes, 99 patients with PDN, 99 who did not h.. Read More
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A Review of Nutraceuticals in Joint Arthritis
The use of nutraceuticals and supplements is common in the management of joint pathology. Due to this popularity, it is important that clinicians are aware of these therapies and have a basic understanding of them. Scientific studies examining the effects of nutraceuticals in joint arthritis are increasing. This short update aim.. Read More
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Forgiveness Therapy in the Relief of Discomfort
Patients present with a myriad of complaints. These complaints cover a range from the physical to the psychological. Many of the presenting symptoms and ramifications of the "disease" process can be a reflection of the psycho-physical relationship in all human beings. The practice of forgiveness has been discussed thro.. Read More
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Lumbar Facet Joint Injections: Is CT Guided Intra-Articular Needle Position Advantageous?
Background: Although facet joint injections of corticosteroids and local anesthetics are commonly performed for treating low back pain (LBP), their effectiveness remains questionable. This is partially due to lack of consensus regarding the correct needle-tip location within or nearby the facet joint. Purpose: The present study .. Read More
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TelePain: A Community of Practice for Pain Management
Introduction: Comprehensive pain management services are primarily located in urban areas, limiting specialist consultation opportunities for community healthcare providers. A community of practice (CoP) for pain management could create opportunities for consultation by establishing professional relationships between community h.. Read More
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Dry eye is a multifactorial disease impacting the ocular surface that results in symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbance, and tear film instability associated with potential damage to the ocular sensory apparatus. Dry eye is diagnosed in approximately 3.2 million U.S. women and 1.7 million U.S. men older than 50 years of age... Read More
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