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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Listened to talk by Dr. Anthony Kaufman.He does probably the largest amount of Trigeminal nerve microvascular decompressions in Canada (~50/year) and helps run the Winnipeg Centre for Gamma Knife Surgery. He has a web site with detailed descriptions here Here … Continue reading
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When to Use Opioids in Chronic Headaches
Afraid the “College” will get on your back for giving opioids to someone with chronic headaches? Can’t get your doctor to listen that you have no quality of life with your headaches? Well here are some guidelines (Not rules – … Continue reading
? Obturator Neuralgia Needing Help
(email kept anonymous) I have had 4 inguinal hernia surgerys an nerves where cut I have chronic pain, all day long . I have burning sharp tender pain where I was cut in my iner thigh. My right testicle is … Continue reading
Posted in neuropathic, post herpetic neuralgia
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Chiari-Syringomyelia Resources
This is a disorder with brain outlet crowding and cysts in the spinal cord. Having this condition means that you likely will be treated very poorly by the medical community because imaging is poor and people don’t want to believe … Continue reading
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Calcific Tendonitis Shoulder – Puncture as Good as Puncture/Aspiration
Calcification seen in the Supraspinatus tendon with tendonitis is by tradition treated by puncture and aspiration of the calcific deposits. I never met anyone who did it. Now, it appears just puncturing the deposit and steroid injection into the deposit … Continue reading
Migraines More Common in Celiac Disease (Which Could Still Have Normal Biopsy)
5.5 % of children with migraine were found to have elevated tTGA antibodies. They were considered Potential Celiac Disease [CD] despite normal duodenal biopsies. It is suggested “These patients might develop villous atrophy on repeated biopsies performed 1–4 years later … Continue reading
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Would Basal Body Temperature Manipulation Help Fibromyaglia(FM)?
Subjects with Fibromyalgia have lower basal body temperatures even though “controls and patients were matched for physical activity level” in one study. Lower free T3 levels, found in some FM subjects in the study, affected pressure pain threshold (p = … Continue reading
Posted in Fibromyalgia
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Post-Stretococcus Reactive Arthritis – Poorly Diagnosed Treatable Chronic Pain
I have become aware of two cases of chronic pain following a Stretococcal infection. This could be a flavour of an Ankylosing Spondylitis with sacroiliits being a prime factor. As a matter of fact in those patients with persistently elevated … Continue reading
Posted in Rheumatic
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Regina Fibromyaglia Group
Monthly Support Meetings at: Linda’s Sugar & Nails Rosemont Shopping Centre 5010 – 4th Ave., Regina First Thursday every month 7:30 PM contact # – 522-8686
Posted in Regina Pain News
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Got Crohn’s? – May Have Spine Arthritis Too
Recent MRI study of crohn’s colitis patients found 17/44 cases had evidence to sacroiliitis and 11 of these had back pain. HLA B27 is seen in 10% of the population. If present in any of the crohn’s patients (were in … Continue reading
Posted in Abdominal pain, Back Pain, Rheumatic
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Fibromyalgia (FM) Tragic Misdiagnosis – Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 and Cervical Spinal Stenosis or Myelopathy – New Treatments as Result
Since they have found the gene for Myotonic Dystrophy, they have found a subgroup not having that gene but having another gene deficit instead that is associated with milder disease. Randomly selecting Fibromyalgia cases found 2/63 cases though none of … Continue reading
Posted in Fibromyalgia, Mechanical aids
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Nerve Pain? – 21st Century Gene Therapy
Since the early 2000’s experiments gene therapy experiments have been done on rodents using a non-replicating (Not growing) version of Herpesvirus (cold sore virus). The virus’s genetic machinery has been altered so it makes ingredients for enkephalins (spine cord morphine-like … Continue reading
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