OBJECTIVE Although eating disorders and chronic facial pain have been documented for many years, no studies have investigated the coexistence of these disorders. Both conditions are chronic, possess an underlying psychologic component to their origin and are associated with other psychiatric comorbidites. The objective of this descriptive study was to determine the prevalence of chronic facial ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Pain and suffering controversies in persons with disorders of consciousness continue to be debated by the scientific, legal and medical ethics communities. This review examines the current knowledge base for guiding decisions regarding assessment and management of pain in persons with disorders of consciousness. RECENT FINDINGS Studies have shown that brain processing linked...

Osteochondrosis is a term used to describe a group of disorders that affect the growing skeleton. These disorders result from abnormal growth, injury, or overuse of the developing growth plate and surrounding ossification centers. The exact etiology of these disorders is unknown, but genetic causes, repetitive trauma, vascular abnormalities, mechanical factors, and hormonal imbalances may all p...

Pain syndromes of cervical osteochondrosis are among the most common in neurological practice. The complex anatomic and physiological features spine result a variety clinical case osteochondrosis. formation refl ex compression steochondrosis were identifi ed as examination. In patients with pain syndromes, distribution over sclerotome myotome areas (myosclerotome pain)
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OBJECTIVES Investigations of the association between chronic pain conditions and suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide attempts (SA) have rarely taken the effect of mental disorders into account and have been limited by nonrepresentative samples. The present study used a large population-based sample to investigate the association between chronic pain conditions and SI and SA. METHODS Data were ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS A paucity of studies has examined the association between gambling and pain interference. We examined differences in the associations of gambling problem severity and psychiatric disorders among a nationally representative sample of adults with varying levels of pain interference. METHODS Chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses were performed on National Epidemio...

UNLABELLED The aim of this paper is to review the current knowledge of phantom tooth pain, a neuropathic facial pain disorder, thought to result from peripheral nerve injury. Phantom tooth pain is a deafferentation pain disorder of persistent toothache in teeth that have been denervated (usually by root canal treatment) or pain in the area formerly occupied by teeth prior to their extraction. T...

Although it has been neglected for quite some time, the mutual relationship between pain and sleeping problems has recently become the focus of significant scientific and clinical interests [2,4]. The – at first glance – unusual perspective that disturbances of regular night sleep cause or exacerbate pain the next day is now widely acknowledged and even influences recent developments in pain ma...

temporo mandibular joint disorders are the most important ethiologic factor for chronic orofacial pain and have a relatively new place in scientific researches and clinical studies in dentistry. since dentists can play an important role in diagnosis and treatment of these disorders, routine dental examination should include functional examination of osteomatognatic apparatus.