Headache and Chronic Pain Syndromes

by Marcus, Dawn A.

• ISBN13: 9781588297457
• ISBN10: 1588297454
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-20
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

Headache and Chronic Pain Syndromes provides a case-based approach to state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment of patients with common chronically painful conditions. Offering strategies for rapidly evaluating and treating pain complaints by body region, this innovative title also provides patient educational handouts that explain the diagnosis and treatment in easy-to-understand language for each condition. Tools for implementing both medication and non-medication therapies, such as exercise and relaxation techniques, are also included. Each chapter opens with typical presentations of three to five common patient scenarios, including pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. A targeted approach for patient assessment is provided and applied to each scenario, showing how to rapidly identify important clues to distinguish among common diagnoses, including both benign and malignant causes of pain. Standard treatment regimens are then provided for each patient, along with patient-friendly educational flyers for each common pain condition. Figures and drawings help provide ready identification of these common chronic pain syndromes. Headache and Chronic Pain Syndrome offers primary care practitioners, neurologists, and orthopedists an optimal approach to the evaluation, treatment, and follow-up of chronically painful conditions.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Introduction	v
Preface	vii
Acknowledgment	viii
Introduction	1	(10)
Pain in the Head	11	(26)
Pain in the Mouth	37	(16)
Pain in the Neck	53	(20)
Pain in the Thorax	73	(20)
Pain in the Low Back	93	(20)
Pain in the Hand	113	(18)
Pain in the Foot	131	(20)
Pain in the Abdomen	151	(14)
Pain in the Whole Body	165	(20)
General Chronic Pain Management Techniques	185	(14)
Index	199