Neuropathic Pain Flashcards
1
Q
What are the sensations in neuropathic pain?
A
Numbness Tingling Burning Paresthesia Paroxysmal Lancinating Electric shock Raw skin Shooting Deep and dull ache
Alldoynia
Hyperalgesia
2
Q
What are the causes for neuropathic pain?
A
Peripheral
Polyradiculopathy Alcoholic polyneuropathy Entrapment neuropathy Compression neuropathy Diabetic neuropathy Phantom limb Post herpetic neuralgia Trigeminal neuralgia
Central
Compressive myelopathy HIV myelopathy MS Parkinson’s Stroke
3
Q
What are the treatment options for neuropathic pain?
A
Trigeminal neuralgia
Carbamazepine
Diabetic neuropathy
Pregabalin
Post herpetic neuralgia
Gabapentin
Pregabalin
Post stroke and HIV myelopathy
Lamotrigine
4
Q
What is pain?
A
Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience
Associated with actual or potential tissue damage
Or described in terms of such damage
Caused by physical, emotional and psychological factors
5
Q
What is the pain pathway?
A
Noxious stimulus
Nociceptors transducer
C and A delta fibers
Glutamate
2nd order neurons
Lateral spinothalamic tract
Thalamus 3rd order neurone
Sensory cortex
