by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 9, 2011 | Minimal Invasive Pain Therapies, Treatments
GENERAL Epidural steroid injections have been used for many years in the treatment of spinal pain. One of the first references to epidural injection was made in 1920 in the treatment of low back pain and sciatica. Epidural corticosteroid injection is often used for...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 7, 2011 | Chronic Pain
DEFINITION OF PAIN (IASP – INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN) Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience accompanied by an actual or potential impairment, or is described as such. WHAT IS CHRONIC PAIN? Acute pain is the sensation...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 7, 2011 | Chronic Pain
Group 1 Patients with mild to moderate pain should take: a non-opioid analgesic, such as paracetamol, or a non steroid anti-inflammatory drug (NSAD) adjuvant drugs, if there is indication Group 2 Patients with moderate to severe pain (or group 1 patients who have not...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 7, 2011 | Chronic Pain
Α. NOCICEPTIVE • PHYSICAL • VISCERAL Β. NON-NOCICEPTIVE PAIN • NEUROPATHIC • SYMPATHETIC Nociceptive is the pain induced by the stimulation of specific pain receptors that are called “nociceptors”. These receptors respond to stimuli, such as cold, hot,...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jan 6, 2011 | Conditions, Head and Face Pain, home page articles, Trigeminal Neuralgia
GENERAL Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a chronic syndrome of neuropathic pain affecting the facial area. It is considered to be the most excruciating pain probably due to the fact that the facial region has a very dense distribution of sensory nerve endings per square...
