Painful Lessons

Editorial independence: painful lessons.

Painful inquiries: lessons from Winnipeg.

Painful neuropathies.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To summarize the current understanding of clinical assessment, pathophysiology, and treatment of pain in neuropathies, focusing on selected entities in which the understanding of the mechanisms underlying pain has advanced recently. RECENT FINDINGS Ongoing studies are classifying the symptoms and signs of painful neuropathies, assuming that this approach may indicate particu...

Painful Ejaculation

All of parts of body and functions connected to ejaculation are necessary and can cause painful ejaculation. There are testicles, ejaculatory ducts, seminal vesicles, prostate, bulbourethral glands, urethra, sympathetic nervous system, bulbospongiosus and pubococcygeus muscles and pudendal nerve. When there is any inflammation or an infection of these structures, it all can lead to painful ejac...

Painful Finger

Figure 1. Left small finger amputation site with small round tender mass (white arrow) on ulnar aspect. DESCRIPTION A 54-year-old man with an extensive history of burns to more than 60% of his body, some years ago, complained of a sharp, unremitting pain in the ulnar distribution of the left hand. Physical examination revealed a previously amputated left small finger with exquisite point tender...