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Pharmaceutical perspective of neuropathic pain management for primary care providers
Inflammopharmacology. 2022 Mar 28. doi: 10.1007/s10787-022-00963-7. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTNeuropathic pain (NP) is a chronic condition that affects ~ 1% of the general population globally. Several conditions such as chronic diabetes, herpes zoster (HZ), cancer, HIV, stroke, multiple sclerosis, physical compression or damage of nerves and certain surgical procedures can lead to neuropathy and related pain. The condition is difficult to treat with traditional analgesic drugs. Typically, non-traditional analgesics are used in treating pain in this condition such as antidepressants and antiepileptic drugs. Opioids are ...
Source: Herpes - March 29, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sandhya Jinesh Justin Kullgren Gollapudi S Shankar Rajan Radhakrishnan Source Type: research

What Causes Facial Nerve Palsy?
Discussion Facial nerve palsy has been known for centuries, but in 1821 unilateral facial nerve paralysis was described by Sir Charles Bell. Bell’s palsy (BP) is a unilateral, acute facial paralysis that is clinically diagnosed after other etiologies have been excluded by appropriate history, physical examination and/or laboratory testing or imaging. Symptoms include abnormal movement of facial nerve. It can be associated with changes in facial sensation, hearing, taste or excessive tearing. The right and left sides are equally affected but bilateral BP is rare (0.3%). Paralysis can be complete or incomplete at prese...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - June 3, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news