Pain Disorder
Pain disorder is chronic pain experienced by a patient in one or more areas, and is thought to be caused by psychological stress. The pain is often so severe that it disables the patient from proper functioning.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: PW149
Diagnosis: Pain Disorder
US Patients:
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: M;F+
Age Onset: Children
Brain Area:
Symptoms: Chronic pain thought to be caused by psychological stress; after accident, during illness, after drug withdrawal – but pain continues
Progression: After the pain should be gone, it increases due to attention or benefits for it.
Causes:
Medications: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, trigger-point injections, surgical ablations
Therapies: CBT-talk to retrain behaviors. Lohr’s “Calming My Pain!” DVD or Download (offered on this website) may help if used as requested.
Youtube Video: Pain and the Brain
Amazon or Library Book: When Children Feel Pain
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Jim Lohr’s own “Calming My Pain” can be downloaded
from the “Blue Box” on this website.
You can download this program from the “Blue Box”
in the right column of the website.
Support Group: painconnection.org; 800-910-0664
(U. S. Pain Foundation)
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Sleep, Caffeine, BMI, and Pressure Pain Threshold in Temporomandibular Disorder Patients: An Observational Studyby May W Al-Khudhairy on May 7, 2024
CONCLUSION: This study shows a positive correlation between sleep and pain and TMD, caffeine, and pain. A deeper understanding of these relationships could pave the way for more effective pain management strategies and personalized treatment approaches tailored to the unique needs of TMD patients. BMI had no effect.
- ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Nail-Patella syndrome with anomalous coronary anatomy and aneurysms: a case reportby Kyle Varkoly on May 7, 2024
BACKGROUND: Nail-Patella syndrome (NPS) is an autosomal-dominant pleiotropic condition characterized by pelvic and skeletal abnormalities and most commonly affecting a tetrad of nails, knees, elbows, and iliac horns, the iliac horns being pathognomonic for the condition. The most well-documented extra-skeletal manifestation is renal involvement with alteration in Type III collagen. No documented cases of NPS with anomalous coronary arteries or aneurysms, acute coronary occlusion, or successfully...
- Transcriptome Analysis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Uncovers Genes Linked to Inflammation-Induced Painby Bradford E Hall on May 7, 2024
Autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can promote states of chronic inflammation with accompanying tissue destruction and pain. RA can cause inflammatory synovitis in peripheral joints, particularly within the hands and feet, but can also sometimes trigger temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthralgia. To better understand the effects of ongoing inflammation-induced pain signaling, dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) were acquired from individuals with RA for transcriptomic study. We conducted...
- Tracheopathia osteochondroplastica: a case report illustrating the importance of imaging in this rare disorderby Alexa R Lauinger on May 7, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: This case illustrates the relationship between esophageal, cardiac, and pulmonary symptoms, and highlights the role of imaging in the diagnosis of TPO. It also demonstrates a possible treatment option for symptomatic TPO that hasn't previously been discussed.