Bee Stings and Chronic Pain Disorder
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Chronic pain is a major problem of public health, and patients seek manifold forms of help to find relief. Here we present and discuss the case of a middle-aged woman suffering from mental disorders who treated her headache with the self-application of bee stings on her back.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2018