Spinal cord stimulation has become a widely used and efficient alternative for the management of refractory chronic pain that is unresponsive to conservative therapies. Technological improvements have been considerable and the current neuromodulation devices are both extremely sophisticated and reliable in obtaining good results for various clinical situations of chronic pain, such as failed ba...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Anorectal manometry is used in the evaluation of disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract: constipation, incontinence, anorectal pain. Most of these conditions are invalidating. Moreover, the patients do not benefit from a perfect therapy. Therefore many of them also use alternative therapies, but we still miss data on the use of alternative therapies in anorectal disord...

Photodynamic therapy has been described as an effective therapeutic option in selected cases of anogenital lichen sclerosus that are refractory to first-line treatments. However, procedure-related pain is a limiting factor in patient adherence to treatment. The authors report the case of a 75-year-old woman with highly symptomatic vulvar lichen sclerosus, successfully treated with photodynamic ...

Low back pain may have complex patho-physiological causes leading to chronicity that resists conventional managements. Complementary and alternative treatment options have, therefore, gained popularity. In this chapter, acupuncture, manual therapy, and natural healing for low back pain will be discussed. Special emphasis is given on the role of the individual in the control and prevention of lo...

Menstrual pain management measures or non-pharmacological therapy are alternative interventions combinations in reducing the intensity of menstrual pain. Non-pharmacological is a cheap, simple and safe that uses physiological processes, one which massage effleurage acupressure. The purpose this study was to determine analyze effect Sanyinjiao point acupressure on research design method used qua...

We report our clinical experience on the effect of Scrambler Therapy (ST) for a child with acute mixed pain refractory to pharmacological treatment. ST, recently proposed as an alternative treatment for chronic neuropathic pain in adults, is a noninvasive approach to relieve pain, by changing pain perception at brain level. It is safe and has no side effects. Further research is needed to asses...

Introduction: Homeopathy can be applied to treat various diseases and conditions such as cancer, allergy, mood disorders, headache and pain. This case showed that homeopathic medicine can be a treatment modality for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), an autoimmune-mediated hematologic disorder. Case Presentation: The patient was a 5.5–year-old child wi...

This report describes the long term safety and efficacy of intrathecal therapy using Sufentanil for the management of chronic intractable neuropathic pain in 12 chronic pain patients. Standardized psychological screening was used to determine treatment suitability. Evaluation data included the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Wong-Baker Faces Scale, Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Disability of Arm, Shou...

Postamputation pain (PAP) is highly prevalent after limb amputation but remains an extremely challenging pain condition to treat. A large part of its intractability stems from the myriad pathophysiological mechanisms. A state-of-art understanding of the pathophysiologic basis underlying postamputation phenomena can be broadly categorized in terms of supraspinal, spinal, and peripheral mechanism...

ABSTRAK Kanker serviks merupakan salah satu penyakit kronis yang dialami perempuan dengan berbagai gejala sepanjang hidup pasien. Nyeri pada pasien kanker berdampak serius secara fisik, mental, kesehatan emosional, serta kualitas hidup. Melihat dampak dari nyeri, diperlukan manajemen nyeri bagian esensial dalam perawatan kanker. Salah penatalaksanaan nonfarmakologi ialah teknik akupresur. Tujua...