Persistent and neuropathic pain occur frequently in rheumatoid arthritis, or RA, and tools that assess patient-reported outcomes can help clinicians determine the right care plan, according to the ...

Pain is easy to understand until it isn’t. A stubbed toe or sprained ankle hurts, but it makes sense because the cause is ...

Worldwide, cancer chemotherapy is linked to persistent severe peripheral nerve pain (neuropathy) for around 4 in every 10 patients treated with these drugs, suggests a pooled data analysis of the ...

Diagnostic indicators are identified for confirming chronic neuropathic ocular pain (NOP) for patients experiencing chronic dry eye (DE) after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).

Braffett BH, El ghormli L, Albers JW, et al. Neuropathic pain with and without diabetic peripheral neuropathy in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. Published online February 1, 2024. doi:10.2337/dc23 ...

Chronic pain is often caused by a hyper-vigilant nervous system which exaggerates the pain signal even after damaged tissue has healed. Similar processes are at play in persistent fatigue.

Persistent pain is common in older adults and is estimated to affect up to 58% of nursing home residents. It also contributes to significant declines in physical function and well-being in seniors ...

Health Persistent pain after a UTI may be due to an overgrowth of nerve cells Many people experience ongoing pain even after a urinary tract infection has supposedly passed. Now, research suggests ...

Patients with persistent midfoot pain, but no radiological evidence of osteoarthritis, might have under-recognized disease in the second and third cuneiform metatarsal joints, according to data ...

Persistent abdominal pain may be caused by a whole range of different conditions, say French experts who call for more physician awareness to achieve early diagnosis and treatment so as to improve ...