Cancer and its treatment causes discomfort on many levels, but controlling pain can speed recovery for children battling the disease, say pain management experts at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
News/Research UPDATES take a hard look at soft evidence behind many of today’s pain management practices and beliefs. This new offering from Pain Treatment Topics helps healthcare providers and the public to develop an educated skepticism.
Coubital tunnel syndrome is caused by the compression of the ulnar nerve in the elbow. The ulnar nerve is one of the main nerves of the forearm and hand. Most patients with this condition typically experience numbness and tingling in their fingers, along with weakness of grip. Those most affected by this condition often include office workers and others who operate machinery with a bent elbow.
Unlike “acute pain,” which generally results from specific injury or illness, chronic pain can result from any number of conditions and can persist for, in some cases, years. Among the most common forms of chronic pain are headache; cancer pain; low back pain; arthritis; and psychogenic pain, which is not rooted in any specific injury or condition. Treatments for chronic pain are numerous as well—medication, surgery, acupuncture and psychotherapy are among the techniques doctors can use to treat chronic pain.
In a recent study published in JRRD, Volume 46, Issue 1, researchers assessed the short-term effects of high- and low-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on neuropathic pain following SCI.
Two leading experts in the diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia are available for interviews about the signs, symptoms, current treatment landscape and other important aspects of the condition.
One year ago, former U.S. Army parachutist Adam Hammond became the first patient in the world implanted with an Eon Mini neurostimulator, the world’s smallest neurostimulator for chronic pain. Adam is just one of the many chronic pain sufferers who have been helped with neurostimulation, an FDA-approved therapy that uses electrical pulses to interrupt pain signals to the brain.
Endothelin may play a role in the pain of sickle cell disease because of a change in the endothelin B receptor. The activated receptor releases endorphins to help alleviate pain. Males who experience repeated pain may not have as much of the receptor and therefore do not release as much of the endorphins. Dr. Sarah Sweitzer discusses her team’s work.
A surgical procedure known as LUNA (laparoscopic uterosacral nerve ablation) did not result in improvements in chronic pelvic pain, painful menstruation, painful sexual intercourse or quality of life when compared with laparoscopic surgery that does not interrupt pelvic nerve connections, according to a study in the September 2 issue of JAMA.
As children and teens begin school again, they are more susceptible to the pain and discomfort of headaches and migraines. The change in schedule, new teachers, new friends and schoolwork can increase stress and consequently, increase headaches. Doctors at Nationwide Children’s Hospital say there are some steps parents can take to help prevent the onset of their headaches during this hectic time of year.
Study of nearly 1 million pain medication monitoring tests highlights an important opportunity to improve patient care and doctor-patient communication.
The prospect of surgery for a child is a frightening unknown for child and parent alike, and the pre-operative process that most children go through only heightens their anxiety. Research on how hospitals can minimize the anxiety and trauma children face both before and after surgery was recently published in the journal Anesthesiology.
On rare occasions, anesthesiologists are required to treat severe local anesthetic toxicity, a rare but dangerous complication of regional anesthesia or nerve block that can cause cardiac arrest. Research in the September Anesthesiology explores optimal treatments for severe local anesthetic toxicity and question the use of epinephrine in such cases.
Women with incontinence, respiratory disorders and gastrointestinal problems have increased risk for development of back pain, according to research reported in The Journal of Pain, the peer review publication of the American Pain Society.
Experiments in volunteers confirm that electroacupuncture—applying electrical current to acupuncture needles—has pain-reducing effects, reports a study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy's McPherson guides medical professionals through the art and science of managing pain treatments.
A new study conducted at the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania shows an investigational, orally-inhaled therapy is effective in treating migraines. The multi-center, phase three FREEDOM-301 trial for the orally-inhaled migraine therapy, LEVADEX, shows study participants had significant relief from symptoms such as pain, nausea and light and sound sensitivity when compared to placebo treatment.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered that itch-specific neurons exist in mice, and their studies suggest that itch and pain signals are transmitted along different pathways in the spinal cord. The researchers say they can knock out an animal's itch response without affecting its ability to sense pain.
In a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the American Pain Society (APS, www.ampainsoc.org) petitioned the agency, on behalf of the terminally ill and their families, to modify a restricted distribution program for the newly approved pain medication Onsolis, a short acting product that delivers fentanyl through the mouth's mucous membranes.
Adding a drug called neostigmine to epidural analgesia during labor can reduce the amount of anesthetic drug required, while avoiding potential complications caused by morphine-like "opioid" drugs, according to a study in the August issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).
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