PMID: 9542822Apr 29, 1998Paper

Pain analysis is vital in rheumatic diseases. The pain is often the patient's worst problem

Läkartidningen
R NisellI Petersson

Abstract

The article consists of a synthesis of a rheumatic pain symposium held at the annual meeting of the Swedish Medical Association in 1996. Various aspects of pain in rheumatic diseases were discussed, such as physiological, neurohumoral and neurogenic mechanisms, sensory stimulation treatment, differentiation of mechanical and inflammatory pain, quality enhancement by improved cooperation between primary and tertiary care facilities, pharmacological treatment with (centrally and peripherally acting) opioids, selective cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors, and NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor antagonists. The aim of the symposium, with its focus on the manifest pain problem, was to improve our knowledge and skill in the understanding and treatment of this large patient category. For patients with rheumatic disorders exacerbated by pain problems, as for other patients, a pain diagnosis is of fundamental importance. This can be achieved by analysis of the social, psychological, physiological and medical factors contributing to the cause and degree of pain and to pain behaviour, and of the extent to which the pain may be nociceptive (i.e., inflammatory, mechanical, or ischaemic in origin), neurogenic or idiopathic. Pain analysis should be ...Continue Reading

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