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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Celiac Disease Could Mean Pain and What About Iron For Restless Legs?
Celiac Disease is associated with multiple problems – migraines, restless leg syndrome (RLS), and now prevalent subclinical sacroliitis. Low iron is implicated in RLS but results on iron supplementation is mixed.
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What Is the Fibromyalgia (FM) & Depression Connection?
Most Fibromyaglia Victims are Not Depressed, yet study after study has shown it to be higher than in comparable populations. Why is that? I suggest it is: the uncertainly that goes with the diagnosis (do I have something more serious?) … Continue reading
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So How Does One Really Test For Carpal Tunnel?
One speaker I heard made very big about how eliciting a Tinel’s sign at the wrist was worthless for diagnosing carpal tunnel – so how does one do that? Given that sensitivities of Nerve Conduction sutdies can be from 49% … Continue reading
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Pregabalin (Lyrica) For Post Nerve Damage Pain
Nerve injury pain can be bad – What results can you expect for Pregabalin? Recent study concludes it helps some.
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Doctors Embracing Biopsychosocial Model For Chronic Pain Still Missing Boat?
Recent British study found doctors using Biopsychosocial Model For Chronic Pain were actually concentrating on psychological approaches even when it was inappropriate
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Self Questionnaire For Inflammatory Arthritis
Group is in process of putting together a self administered inflammatory arthritis questionnaire – this is what they have come up with so far…
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Chronic Pain, Depressed, and Desperate? Consider Medical Supervised Fasting
Article in press summaries findings that medically supervised modified fasting (200–500 kcal nutritional intake/day) with periods from 7 to 20 days “is associated with mood enhancement and substantial pain relief.”
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Hypnotherapy and Biofeedback For Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – and for Functional Abdominal Pains in Kids
Both Hypnosis and heart rate variability biofeedback are useful in irritable bowel and, in children and adolescents, functional bowel disease
Posted in Abdominal pain, psychology
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Chronic Severe Pain – For Gd’s Sake Don’t Forget Peripheral Pain Generators
I have spent my adult life treating peripheral pain generators in conditions where it is impossible to get the central generators treated (failed backs for example). It dismays me to see people told there is nothing to be done because … Continue reading
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Shoulder Joint Arthrtis – Don’t Forget Lubricants
Recent Review of Hyaluronate in Shoulder joint arthritis found it effectve for control
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Neck Pain Not Synonymous With Anxiety
Examination of a chronic neck pain group found no association of pain and anxiety – So don’t call them nuts!
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Newer Treatment For Ingrown Toenails – Once Spicule Out and Healed, Metal Brace It Straight = Orthonyxia
Spicule removal and later, metal bracing nail straight, has been shown equivalent to partial matrix excision
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Not to Miss in the Trend For Body Piercing, I Offer This Technique of Nail Piercing
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Determining If Veretbral Compression Fracture
Various new approaches help define vertebral compression fracture so can be earlier diagnosed.
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Anterior Shoulder Dislocation – Putting It in Yourself
Recent article describes how to relocate your own shoulder dislocation using modified Milch technique
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Shingles Vaccine Finally Available in Regina
Zostavax vaccine has to be held frozen at -15 degrees C and only set in batches of 5. Now, Lakeshore Drugs (584-0717) has gotten in a Fridge specially set and so it is available there. Catch is, it cannot be … Continue reading
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Article: A sterile, simple, effective & pain free method of removal of adhesive dressings
OK – I’ll bite – how does one do that?…
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Renal Colic? – Try Desmopressin Nasal Spray Plus NSAID Suppository
Combination Desmopressin Nasal Spray (DDAVP nasal) and diclofenac Suppository brought prompt relief renal colic in 62.7% cases vs 30.7% in the group with suppository alone
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Intra-Bladder Lidocaine Freezing to Diagnose Bladder Pain Syndromes and Lidocaine Treatments for Bladder Pain
20 mls of 2% Lidocaine Intravesically (into bladder) wil cause over a 50% relief of pain in patients with bladder pain syndromes – distinguishing it from other pelvic pain diseases.
Posted in Interstial Cystitis/Gynecologic
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New Measures For Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis – Anti-oxidant Micronutrient Therapy and Spinal Cord Stimulation
Combination of Selenium 300 – 600 mcg, Vitamin C 540 – 600 mg, Beta Carotene 12 – 54 mg, Vitamin E 100 – 188 mg, and perhaps methionine 1.6 – 2 gm can lead to considerable reduction in chronic pancreatitis … Continue reading
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Lower Dose Gabapentin and Imipramine work in Neuropathic Pain
Tested in Cancer Neuropathic pain, Gabapentin 200 mg and Imipramine 10 mg every 12 hours was found to be a superior combination
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People with Multiple Functional Somatic Symptoms May Had Defunct Pain Modulating Circuits
People with multiple sensitivities and somatic complaints may actually be experiencing untoward pains from what others would not find painful. Recent article finds this may be do to inability to muffle these sensory stimuli due to defunct pain muffling system
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What Does One Do To Prevent Post Surgery Pains?
Significant numbers of people are surprised to find themselves living in chronic pain after surgery. There are a growing number of options found helpful
Posted in breast cancer, neuropathic, Post Hernia
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Good Free Review of Testicular Pain Management
This new article in press: Urol Int. 2010;84(2):125-131. Epub 2010 Mar 4. Clinical Management of Chronic Testicular Pain. Kumar P, Mehta V, Nargund VH. Karger, the publisher, is allowing free access
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New Tennis Elbow Treatment – Inject Lubricant (Hyaluronate)
New Study form London, Ontario: Subjects with 3 month + tennis elbow. Injection of 1% Hyaluronate into “into the subcutaneous tissue and muscle 1 cm. from the lateral epicondyle toward the primary point of pain” twice a week apart led … Continue reading
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